Vatican Rag

Tom Lehrer

[Chorus]
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
Doing 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!

[Chorus]
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
Getting ecstatic and
Sorta dramatic and
Doing the Vatican Rag!

Trivia about the song Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer

When was the song “Vatican Rag” released by Tom Lehrer?
The song Vatican Rag was released in 1965, on the album “That Was The Year That Was”.

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