Sonnet 130 and Bob Dylan's "Ugliest Girl in the World"

[Sean]

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
   As any she belied with false compare.

 

Compare this to Dylan's "Ugliest Girl in the World."  It'll make it a bit more contemporary.  The same  idea comes across.  It'll show Shakespeare's effect in today's world.

 

Well the woman that I love, she got a hook in her nose.
Her eye brows meet; she wears second hand clothes.
She speaks with a stutter,. and she walks with a hop
I don't know why I love her, but I just can't stop.
You know I love her; yeah I love her.
I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world.

If I ever lose her I will go insane.
I go half crazy when she calls my name.
When she says "Ba-ba ba-ba baby, I love you,"
There ain't nothing in the world that I wouldn't do.
You know I love her; yeah I love her.
I'm in love in the ugliest girl in the world.

The woman that I love, she got two flat feet.
Her knees knocks together walking down the street.
She cracks her knuckles, and she snores in bed.
She ain't much to look at but like I said:
You know I love her; yeah I love her.
I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world.

I don't mean to say she got nothing going.
She got a weird sense of humor; that is all her own
When I got low, she sets me on my feet.
Got a five inch smile, but her breath is sweet.
You know I love her; yeah I love her
I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world.

Well the woman that I love, she got a hook in her nose.
Her eye brows meet; she wears second hand clothes.
She speaks with a stutter, and she walks with a hop.
I don't know why I love her, but I just can't stop.
You know I love her; yeah I love her.
I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world.

[Dana Huff]

I had not heard of this song before, but what a great pairing! Thanks for sharing it.

[Ryan Goble]

Thanks for sharing this Sean - keep the awesome connections coming...