Need wds to "Vatican Rag", Tom Lehrer

[Nancy McCue]

Just in time for Lent! Would love the lyrics if yo have them,

thanks,

Nancy McCue
mc...@pobox.upenn.edu

[Laura Kornstein]

Please - no one take offense!

The Vatican Rag - Tom Lehrer

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.

--
Laura Kornstein
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Class of 1999
chemical engineering/math
lau...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~laurak

[Miren Seeley]

In article <4gl4gb$q...@netnews.upenn.edu>, mc...@pobox.upenn.edu (Nancy
McCue) wrote:

> Just in time for Lent! Would love the lyrics if yo have them,
>
> thanks,
>
> Nancy McCue
> mc...@pobox.upenn.edu

Here's as much as I can remember having not heard it for a few months. If
you want the rest let me know by e-mail and I'll have a listen at home and
try to get the rest for you. :-)

First you get down on your knees

fiddle with your rosaries
bow your head with great respect
and, genuflect genuflect genuflect

Get in line at that processional
step into that small confessional
where the guy who's got religion'l
tell you if your sins 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 you 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... (something in Latin I can't get)

--
Miren Seeley # "If only I could always
Dept of Anatomy & Structural Biology # have a good reputation,
Otago Medical School # without always having to
Dunedin # be good"
New Zealand # - Ashleigh Brilliant

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From: JonHenri...@stud.lu.hioslo.no

Saw you were looking for the lyrics to Vatican Rag, and presumably got
them, apart from the "latin" part. The missing words are "Kyrie Eleison",
which is Greek and means "Lord have Mercy".

JHG

[Hillary Brown]

In article <miren.seeley-2...@mac120159.otago.ac.nz>,
miren....@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Miren Seeley) wrote:

> Here's as much as I can remember having not heard it for a few months. If
> you want the rest let me know by e-mail and I'll have a listen at home and
> try to get the rest for you. :-)
>
> 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 at that processional
> step into that small confessional
> where the guy who's got religion'l
> tell you if your sins 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 you 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
Getting ecstatic and sort of dramatic
And doin' the Vatican Rag

--
Marvel as each day flows
Swiftly through our lives;
As we travel through time,
Music makes us whole

Franz Douskey