“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 playin' it safer,
Drink the wine and chew the wafer,
Two, four, six, eight,
Time to transubstantiate!”

—  Tom Lehrer

"The Vatican Rag"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

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