canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Frank Dibbell) (05/07/85)
I am looking for the lyrics to the "song" - Vatican Rag.
Mail to: ihnp4!amdahl!canopus, or post if you like.
Thanks...
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[R.A. 6h 22m 30s Dec. -52d 36m] [Generic disclaimer.....]rlm@lanl.ARPA (05/10/85)
> I am looking for the lyrics to the "song" - Vatican Rag. > Here it is, direct from "Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with not enough drawings by Ronald Searle" (Pantheon Books): 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, Ev'rybody say his own Kyrie eleison, Doin' the Vatican Rag. Get in line in that processional, Step into that small confessional, There they 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' sort-a dramatic an' doin' the Vatican Rag!
davida@umd5.UUCP (05/10/85)
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Hey, I too would appreciate a copy of the Vatican Rag lyrics.
I heard it years ago at a party, but was too drunk to corner
the singers and get the lyrics then. Your help appreciated!
David Arnold
( DAVIDA@UMD5 )
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (liz smith) (05/13/85)
I do not know all the lyrics to the song, but do know several of the verses: First you get down on 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 Doin' the Vatican Rag Do whatever steps you want if You have cleared them with the Pontiff Everyone sings on kyrie elieson (?) Doin' the Vatican Rag Anyone want to fill in the rest? Liz Smith
joan@ISM780.UUCP (05/15/85)
/* Written 3:27 pm May 13, 1985 by lsmith@h-sc1 in ISM780:net.music */ >> I do not know all the lyrics to the song, but do know several of the verses: >> (includes excerpts from "The Vatican Rag") /* End of text from ISM780:net.music */ Here's the whole thing: 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. Everyone say his own "kyrie eleison" Doin' the Vatican Rag! Just get into 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. 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 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!!! ****************************************************************************** Joan "the VMS group is moving mountains" Alexander Interactive Systems, Santa Monica, CA cca!ima!ism780!alexander decvax!vortex!ism780!alexander "Opinions expressed herein were not mine originally, but were forced on me at gunpoint by the Interactive Systems Corporation"