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192/197 23 Mar 90 10:15:52
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From: the Bard
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To: All
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Subj: Real Old Time Religion
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Just for fun, here's all the verses *I* have for this one...any more out there?
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THE REAL OLD TIME RELIGION
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-only a few of the verses...
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tune: "Old Time Religion"
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(Chorus): Give me that real old time religion (3X)
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It's good enough for me!
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We will have a mighty orgy We will sacrifice to Yuggoth
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in the honour of Astarte we will sacrifice to Yuggoth
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it'll be a mighty party Burn a candle for Yog-Soggoth
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and it's good enough for me! and the Goat With a Thousand Young!
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We will all be saved by Mithras If your rising sign is Aries
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We will all be saved by Mithras You'll be taken by the Fairies
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slay the Bull and play the Zithras Meet the Buddah in Benares
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on that Resurrection Day! where he'll hit you with a pie!
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I hear Valkyries a-comin There are people into Voodoo
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In the air their song is comin there are people into Voodoo
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they forgot the words! They're hummin! I know I do, I hope you do!
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but they're good enough for me! and it's good enough for me!
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We will venerate Bubastis We will read from the Kabahlah
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We will venerate Bubastis We will read from the Kabahlah
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If you want in, then just ask us! It won't get us to Valhalla
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'cause that's good enough for me! But it's good enough for me!
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We will all bow down to Enlil There are some who practice Shinto
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We will all bow down to Enlil there are some who practice Shinto
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Pass your Cup and get a refill! there's no telling what WE'RE into!
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With bold Gilgamesh the Brave! but that's good enough for me!
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We will all see Aphrodite We will all sing Hare Krishna
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Though she's pretty wild and flighty We will all sing Hare Krishna
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She will meet us in her nightie It's not mentioned in the Mishna
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And she's good enough for me! But it's good enough for me!
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It was good enough for Loki We will all go to Nirvana
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It was good enough for Loki We will all go to Nirvana
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He thinks Thor's a little hokey Make a left turn at Urbana
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and that's good enough for me! And you'll see the Promised Land!
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Here's to those who copy Conan There will be a lot of lovin
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Here's to those who copy Conan when we're meetin in our Coven
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They're just Followers of Onan Quit yer pushin and yer shovin
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and that's good enough for me! So there's room enough for me!
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We will have a mighty Party It was good enough for Sappho
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In the honor of Astarte With her lady on her lap-o
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Garb your chiton - don't be tardy She put Lesbos on the map-o
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'Cause she's good enough for me! With her pagan poetry!
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Shall we sing a verse for Venus, Well the Christians all are humming
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Of the Gods she is the meanest, Cause they say their God is coming,
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Cause she bit me on my...elbow Our God came three times this evening
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And it's good enough for me. And that's good enough for me.
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We will worship like the Druids, Some guys have a circumcision
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Drinking strange fermented fluids, On account of their religion,
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Running naked through the woo-ids, An embarrassing incision
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Coz that's good enough for me. Cut just ENOUGH from me!
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We will sing a verse for Loki It was good for old Jehovah
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He's the old Norse god of Chaos He had a son who was a nova!
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Which is why this verse don't Hey there, Mithras! Move on ova'!
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rhyme or scan or nothin' Another resurrection Day!
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But it's good enough for me...
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It was good for Thor and Odin It could be that you're a Parsi
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It was good for Thor and Odin It could be that you're a Parsi
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Grab an axe and get your woad on! Don't need a ticket; you get in free
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and it's good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!
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Azahoth is in his Chaos Just like Carlos Castenada
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Azahoth is in his Chaos Just like Carlos Castenada
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Now if only he don't sway us It'll get you sooner or later
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That is good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!
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If you think that you'll be sav-ed Jerry Falwell thinks he's sav-ed
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If you think that you'll be sav-ed In a lamb's blood he's been lav-ed
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If you follow Mogen David And HE thinks that I'M deprav-ed
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Then that's good enough for me! But that's good enough for me...
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We will sing to Lady Isis We will all bow down to Dagon
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She'll stand by us in a crisis We will all bow down to Dagon
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And She hasn't raised Her prices He still votes for Ronald Reagan
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And She's good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!
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There are those who, when they've got e-
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Normous problems that are knotty
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They just take them to Hecate Thanks to great Quetzacoatl
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And that's good enough for me! And his sacred axolotl
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And his gift of chocolatl
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Was a time, so I've heard tell, a And please pass some down to me!
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Fine and promising young fella
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Gave his all to serve Cybele
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But that's damn well not for me!
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Well, she raised an awful flurry When old Gerald got it goin'
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When she made the scholars worry When old Gerald got it goin'
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Thank the Gods for Margaret Murray! All that hidin' turned to showin'
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She is good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!
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We'll sing praises to Apollo When we all bowed down to Nuit
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Where the Sun-God leads, I'll follow There was really nothin' to it
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From Ionia to Gaul-o (Alex Sanders made me do it...)
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And that's good enough for me! But that's good enough for me!
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Let us sing the praise of Horus We went off to worship Venus
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As our fathers did before us By the Gods! You should have seen us!
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We're the New Egyptian Chorus Now the Clinic has to screen us...
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And we sing in harmony! But that's good enough for me!
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It was good enough for Granny It's not good enough for Reagan
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She could throw a double-whammy It's not good enough for Reagan
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That would knock you on your fanny He's too square to be a Pagan!
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And she's good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!
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We will gather at our saunas Meeting at the Witching Hour
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When the spirit comes upon us By the Bud, and Branch and Flower
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To perform the Rites of Faunus Folks are raising up the Power
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And that's good enough for me! And that's where I want to be!
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We will worship mighty Cthulhu In the sky I hear a hummin'
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H. P. Lovecraft's big old hoodoo It's the UFO's a-comin'
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(1930's fiction voodoo....) That's not banjos that they're strummin'
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But that's good enough for me! But it's good enough for me!
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Oh the Phillistines abound Oh we all will follow Buddah
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Oh the Phillistines abound Oh we all will follow Buddah
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They had the biggest Baals around And we'll eat no food but Gouda
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And that's good enough for me! Which is Gouda-nuff for me
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Oh, our Spirits will awaken
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Oh, our Spirits will awaken
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Watch the Universe a-quakin'
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Which is Gurdijeff to me!
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It's the Opera written for us
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We will all join in the chorus
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it's the Opera about Boris
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which is Godunov for me.....!
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