The Vatican rag
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1. First you get down on your knees,
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fiddle with your rosaries,
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bow your head with great
respect,
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and genuflect, genuflect, genuflect !
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Do whatever steps you want if
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A
you have cleared them with the
Pontiff,
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everybody say his own kyrie
eleison,
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doin' the Vatican Rag.
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2. Get in line in that processional,
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step into that small
confessional,
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there, the guy who's got
religion
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will tell you if your sin's
original,
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If it is, try playin' it safer,
drink the wine and chew the
wafer,
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two, four, six, eight, time to
transubstantiate !
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3. So get down upon your knees,
C
fiddle with your rosaries,
G
bow your head with great
respect,
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- - -
and genuflect, genuflect, genuflect !
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Make a cross on your abdomen,
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when in Rome do like a Roman.
F C A
Ave Maria, gee, it's good to
see ya,
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gettin' ecstatic an' sorta
dramatic an'
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doin' the Vatican Rag.
(Tom Lehrer)