Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to The Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer. Please check back for more Tom Lehrer lyrics.

The Vatican Rag Lyrics

Artist: Tom Lehrer
Album: That Was the Year That Was

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!

Comments/Interpretations

by Elwood P Dowd on 2/10/2012 2:08am
One of the greatest songs ever, by the genius Tom Lehrer.

by Rebecca Scheff on 4/28/2019 6:55pm
Love this song