Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag

That Was the Year That Was / 1965-07-01 1. Smut 2. The Vatican Rag 3. Who's Next? 4. MLF Lullaby 5. Wernher von Braun 6. So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) 7. Alma 8. George Murphy 9. New Math 10. The Folk Song Army 11. National Brotherhood Week 12. Whatever Became of Hubert? 13. Pollution 14. Send The Marines

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 playing 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!