The World Lit Essay Song

Well folks, this is what you get when you combine The Boyfriend and IB English. Let this be a lesson to you.

'The World Lit Essay'
(To the tune of 'The Riviera' from The Boyfriend)

When English eludes you,
The only thing to do
Is write, you simply gotta write

And if you're feeling stress,
The one way to express
Is write, you simply gotta write

Here in the IB course they've got a new fright,
You can be sure that your first draft won't be right, so re-write!

Redo the intro, vary the words,
Easy to tell we're all IB nerds,
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!
Re-read your notes on studying prose,
Just why we're so crap nobody knows,
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!

Bugs and zeks in Soviet labour camps do it,
Even French wives who like to act like tramps have taken to it

Ain't it terrific? Ain't it the top?
You've gotta write right on 'til you drop
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!

All of the IB girls and the IB boys do it
Even blondes obsessed with gossip and ploys have taken to it

Ain't it terrific? Ain't it the top?
You've gotta write right on 'til you drop
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!

*cut for dance involving typing, quotes from all three books, long-winded analysis and crying fits*

Hand in your draft and pray all night long,
Vent all your stress by singing this song,
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!

The ordeal is over, but we're still blue,
Time to make notes for essay mark two,
Everybody's doing the World Lit Essay!