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- Subject: that Real Old Time Religion (1 of 4)
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 01:19:35 PST
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- Someone posted this on a non-Usenet pagan sub I moderate... enjoy...
- and a happy solstice to us all...
- 37/51 [2] Networked Wicca
- Title: 1 ROTR
- Date: 12-12-92 11:49
- Origin: Illusions (Arizona) [602-395-1152]
- From: The Bard #34 @16205 WWIVLink
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- THE REAL OLD TIME RELIGION
- tune: "Old Time Religion"
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- (Chorus): Give me that real old time religion (3X)
- It's good enough for me!
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- We will have a mighty orgy We will sacrifice to Yuggoth
- in the honour of Astarte we will sacrifice to Yuggoth
- it'll be a mighty party Burn a candle for Yog-Soggoth
- 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
- We will all be saved by Mithras You'll be taken by the Fairies
- slay the Bull and play the zithras Meet the Buddah in Benares
- 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
- In the air their song is comin there are people into Voodoo
- They forgot the words! They're hummin! I know I do, I hope you do!
- 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
- We will venerate Bubastis We will read from the Kabahlah
- If you want in, then just ast us! It won't get us to Valhalla
- '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
- We will all bow down to Enlil there are some who practice Shinto
- Pass your Cup and get a refill! there's no telling what WE'RE into!
- 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
- Though she's pretty wild and flighty We will all sing Hare Krishna
- She will meet us in her nightie It's not mentioned in the Mishna
- 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
- It was good enough for Loki We will all go to Nirvana
- He thinks Thor's a little hokey Make a left turn at Urbana
- 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
- Here's to those who copy Conan when we're meetin in our Coven
- They're just Followers of Onan Quit yer pushin and yer shovin
- 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
- In the honor of Astarte With her lady on her lap-o
- Grab your chiton - don't be tardy She put Lesbos on the map-o
- '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
- Of the Gods she is the meanest, Cause they say their God is coming,
- Cause she bit me on my...elbow Our God came three times this evening
- And it's good enough for me. And that's good enough for me.
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- "That Real Old-Time Religion" (Extra verses)
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- We will worship like the Druids, Some guys have a circumcision
- Drinking strange fermented fluids, On account of their religion,
- Running naked through the woo-ids, An embarrassing incision
- 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
- He's the old Norse god of Chaos He had a son who was a nova!
- Which is why this verse don't Hey there, Mithras! Move on ova'!
- rhyme or scan or nothin' Another resurrection Day!
- 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
- It was good for Thor and Odin It could be that you're a Parsi
- Grab an axe and get your woad on! Don't need a ticket; you get in free
- 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
- Azahoth is in his Chaos Just like Carlos Castenada
- Now if only he don't sway us It'll get you sooner or later
- 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
- If you think that you'll be sav-ed In a lamb's blood he's been lav-ed
- If you follow Mogen David And HE thinks that I'M deprav-ed
- 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
- She'll stand by us in a crisis We will all bow down to Dagon
- And She hasn't raised Her prices He still votes for Ronald Reagan
- 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-
- Normous problems that are knotty
- They just take them to Hecate Thanks to great Quetzacoatl
- And that's good enough for me! And his sacred axolotl
- And his gift of chocolatl
- Was a time, so I've heard tell, a And please pass some down to me!
- Fine and promising young fella
- Gave his all to serve Cybele
- But that's damn well not for me!
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- Well, she raised an awful flurry When old Gerald got it goin'
- When she made the scholars worry When old Gerald got it goin'
- Thank the Gods for Margaret Murray! All that hidin' turned to showin'
- 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
- Where the Sun-God leads, I'll follow There was really nothin' to it
- From Ionia to Gaul-o (Alex Sanders made me do it...)
- 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
- As our fathers did before us By the Gods! You should have seen us!
- We're the New Egyptian Chorus Now the Clinic has to screen us...
- And we sing in harmony! But that's good enough for me!
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- "That Real Old Time Religion:" Extra Verses
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- It was good enough for Granny It's not good enough for Reagan
- She could throw a double-whammy It's not good enough for Reagan
- That would knock you on your fanny He's too square to be a Pagan!
- 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
- When the spirit comes upon us By the Bud, and Branch and Flower
- To perform the Rites of Faunus Folks are raising up the Power
- 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'
- H. P. Lovecraft's big old hoodoo It's the UFO's a-comin'
- (1930's fiction voodoo....) That's not banjos that they're strummin'
- 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
- Oh the Phillistines abound Oh we all will follow Buddah
- They had the biggest Baals around And we'll eat no food but Gouda
- And that's good enough for me! Which is Gouda-nuff for me
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- Oh, our Spirits will awaken We'll sing praises to Apollo;
- Oh, our Spirits will awaken Where the Sun God leads we'll follow
- Watch the Universe a-quakin' ('Though his head's a little hollow) -
- Which is Gurdijeff to me! He's good enough for me!
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- Let us raise a toast to Bacchus, We will worship Great Cthulhu,
- We will raise a royal ruckus, We will worship Great Cthulhu,
- Then we'll lay us down and f**k us And we'll feed him Mr. Sulu
- That's good enough for me. 'Cause that's good enough for me!
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- It was good enough for Buddha, We all worshipped Dionysus
- As a god he's kinda cute-a, 'Till we ran into a crisis -
- And he comes in brass or pewta' The bar had raised its prices;
- So he's good enough for me! That's not good enough for me.
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- Uncle Crowley was a dreamer We will go and sing "Hosanna"
- At the Abbey of Thelemer To our good ol' pal, Gautama,
- But his magic is a screamer, He will never flim or flam ya',
- So it's good enough for me. And that's good enough for me!
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- Oh we'll all be Fundamental When the clouds they are a'rumbling
- And be Holy Testamental And the thunder is a'grumbling,
- And never Trancendental Then it's Crowley that you're mumbling,
- And that's good enough for me! And it's good enough for me!
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- There are some that call it folly Shall we sing a verse for Thor,
- When we worship Mother Kali. Though he leaves the maidens sore?
- She may not be very jolly They always come back for more,
- But she's good enough for me. So he's good enough for me!
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- Shall we sing in praise of Loki, It was good enough for Odin
- Though he left poor Midgard smokey? Though the tremblin' got forbodin'
- Oh, his sense of humor's hokey, Then the giants finally strode in,
- But he's good enough for me. But it's good enough for me.
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- "That Real Old-Time Religion:" Extra Verses
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- Montezuma liked to start out There's that lusty old Priapus
- Rites by carrying a part out He's just itching to unwrap us.
- That would really tear your heart out, (He'd do more to us than tap us
- But it's good enough for me! And that's good enough for me!)
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- We will all bow down to Allah Where's the gong gone? I can't find it
- For he gave his loyal follow I think Northwoods is behind it!
- Ers the mighty petro-dollah For they've always been cymbal-minded
- And that's good enough for me! And they're good enough for me!
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