WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IAGO (GO, GO, GO)

 WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IAGO (GO, GO, GO)

A Filk by Sandra Dermark

written the 23rd of October, 2025

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DESDEMONA (GHOST):

We should talk about Iago, go, go, go

We should talk about Iago

For...

It was my wedding day

OTHELLO (GHOST):

It was our wedding

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

We were getting ready and there wasn't a cloud in the sky

OTHELLO  (GHOST):

No clouds allowed in the sky

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

Iago walks in, with a mischievous grin

OTHELLO (GHOST):

Thunder!!!

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

You're telling the story, or am I?

OTHELLO (GHOST):

I'm sorry, my darling, go on...

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

Iago says it looks like strife

OTHELLO (GHOST)

Why did he tell us?

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

In doing so, it cuts like a knife

OTHELLO (GHOST):

And I'm one of those clingy fellows...

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

My spouse wound up taking my life!

OTHELLO (GHOST)

What a tragic day, but anyway

we don't talk about Iago!

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EMILIA:

Grew to live in fear of Iago's plotting and his scheming

I could always hear him sorta not exactly seeming

I associate him with the sound of hissing snakes

hss, hss, hss,

It's a heavy lift, with him always teaming

Always kept everyone of their nightmares dreaming

grappling with intrigues when he your psyche overtakes

Do you have what it takes?

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SHAKESPEARE:

An icy blue gaze, dagger at his side,

when he's got you fazed, you can't fight the tide

yes, he sees your worst dreams and feasts on your screams...

EVERYONE:

We don't talk about Iago!

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RODERIGO (GHOST):

He told me my girl would leave,

the next day, wed!

CASSIO:

He told me I'd lose my rank,

and that's what he said!

EVERYONE:

That's what he said!

OTHELLO (GHOST):

He told me my wife would be unfaithful

and thus, now we're both dead...

EVERYONE:

Your fate is sealed,

and your world turned on its head!

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CASSIO:

He told me that the life of my dreams

would be promised and someday be mine

He told me that I'd reclaim the rank

that I'd lost drinking much punch and wine

EMILIA:

Listen, Iago's on his way...

RODERIGO (GHOST):

He told me that the girl of my dreams

would be just out of reach,

she'd marry another...

Like I can hear him now...

CASSIO:

Hey you, 

I want not a sound out of you!

EMILIA:

Go Iago,

Go, no go go Iago,

I really need to know about Iago,

give me the truth, and the whole truth, Iago!

LUDOVICO:

Desdemona, your boyfriend's here!

EVERYONE:

Time for supper!

(Everyone sings their parts in a madrigal)

We should talk about Iago, go go go

We should talk about Iago!