The theme might first be recited entire, and then treated as follows:—
To be or not, fiddle; to be, diddle; that, tooral; is, rooral; the question, lay.
Fiddle, fiddle, iddle, iddle, tooral, looral, lay.
Tooral, to be: looral, or not; lay, to be; that is, fiddle; the question, iddle de dee.
To, yoddle; be, doodle; or, fol; not, dol; to, de; be, rol; that, ri; is, tol; the, lol; question, de rido.
Yoddle, doddle, fol de rol, to be; hey down derry diddle dum, or not; whack rum ti oodity, to be; ho down, that; chip chow cherry chow, is; tra la la la, the question.
Dong, dong, harum, scarum, divo, question
Right fol de riddy, oody, bow, wow, wow!
Drowning men will catch at a straw; and, considering the present declining state of the drama, I seriously recommend the suggestion to the notice of the managers. Its adoption will doubtless astonish the weak minds of many, to whom Shakspeare's sense, at present too strong for them, will be rendered more palatable by dilution.