A Series Of Funny Misunderstandings

Two men who look the same
But have a different aim
It's a series of funny misunderstandings
Two twins each with a lover
Who mistake each for the other
Somehow fall into the service of a mad king
Take this letter (Wait, there's two)
And they mix up which goes to who
The comic complications keep expanding
In a tale so confused, you can't help but be amused
By this series of funny misunderstandings

A jilted bride? That's not funny
Pretend she died? On the money!
And her poisoned body's hidden by a monk
Until a fool who's quite smart
He's a fool, that's a start
Says, 'This monk is nuts', and locks him in a trunk
And his servant - make him thick
Then hit him with a stick
It's a series of funny misunderstandings

Cue a mixed-up wedding blessing
Further vexed by more cross-dressing
Which goes on to heal two families at war
When the bride, they thought was dead
Comes back with a donkey's head
But marries anyway because her groom
Has been drugged by a whore!

Add a priest, add a lion, add a wrangle over money
It's too much, I'm confused
Yes, that's what makes it funny
Severed heads, star-crossed lovers
English kings, evil mothers
With a big happy ending notwithstanding
We think you'll agree this has turned out to be
A series of funny misunderstandings!