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Tom Lehrer lyrics The Vatican Rag lyrics Another big news story of year concerned the ecumenical council in Rome, known as Vatican II. Among the things they did in an attempt to make the church more commercial was to introduce the vernacular into portions of the mass, to replace Latin, and to widen somewhat the range of music permissible in the liturgy, but I feel that if they really want to sell the product, in this secular age, what they ought to do is to redo some of the liturgical music in popular song forms. I have a modest example here. It's called The Vatican Rag. First you get down on your knees, Fiddle with your rosaries, Bow your head with great respect, And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect! Do whatever steps you want, if You have cleared them with the Pontiff. Everybody say his own Kyrie eleison, Doin' the Vatican Rag. Get in line in that processional, Step into that small confessional, There, the guy who's got religion'll Tell you if your sin's original. If it is, try playin' it safer, Drink the wine and chew the wafer, Two, four, six, eight, Time to transubstantiate! So get down upon your knees, Fiddle with your rosaries, Bow your head with great respect, And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect! Make a cross on your abdomen, When in Rome do like a Roman, Ave Maria, Gee it's good to see ya, Gettin' ecstatic an' Sorta dramatic an' Doin' the Vatican Rag! Other Tom Lehrer lyrics: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park lyrics She's My Girl lyrics The Masochism Tango lyrics Bright College Days lyrics A Christmas Carol lyrics The Elements lyrics Oedipus Rex lyrics In Old Mexico lyrics Clementine lyrics It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier lyrics We Will All Go Together When We Go lyrics The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be lyrics The Old Dope Peddler lyrics Lobachevsky lyrics The Irish Ballad lyrics My Home Town lyrics When You Are Old And Gray lyrics The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz lyrics I Hold Your Hand In Mine lyrics Be Prepared lyrics I Wanna Go Back To Dixie lyrics Fight Fiercely, Harvard! lyrics The Hunting Song lyrics National Brotherhood Week lyrics MLF Lullaby lyrics The Folk Song Army lyrics Send The Marines lyrics George Murphy lyrics Smut lyrics Pollution lyrics So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) lyrics Whatever Became of Hubert? lyrics New Math lyrics Alma lyrics Who's Next? lyrics Wernher von Braun lyrics |