The Vatican Rag2 1965 Tom Lehrer

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 11 Nov 2002

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 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!

Soft karaoke
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treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
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The Vatican Rag2 1965 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1965 and 1966 by Tom Lehrer
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 11 November 2002 at 17.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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I did this number before but it was not to my
liking and this time I think it is a shade better...
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