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192/197 23 Mar 90 10:15:52 From: the Bard To: All Subj: Real Old Time Religion Attr:

Just for fun, here's all the verses *I* have for this one…any more out there?

THE REAL OLD TIME RELIGION

only a few of the verses…

tune: "Old Time Religion"

(Chorus): Give me that real old time religion (3X)

                It's good enough for me!

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!

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!

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!

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 ask us!     It won't get us to Valhalla 
'cause that's good enough for me!     But it's good enough for me!

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!

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!

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!

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!

We will have a mighty Party           It was good enough for Sappho
In the honor of Astarte               With her lady on her lap-o
Garb your chiton - don't be tardy     She put Lesbos on the map-o
'Cause she's good enough for me!      With her pagan poetry!

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.

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!

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...

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!

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!

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...

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

Oh, our Spirits will awaken
Oh, our Spirits will awaken
Watch the Universe a-quakin'
Which is Gurdijeff to me!

It's the Opera written for us
We will all join in the chorus
it's the Opera about Boris
which is Godunov for me.....!