The Pachamama Rag (with apologies to Tom Lehrer)

Dedicated to Tom Lehrer, a very funny man, who made fun of us* but also made fun of everybody. Pray that he will somehow find salvation in Jesus Christ.    


The Pachamama Rag

(to the tune of The Vatican Rag)

First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your native beads,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Do whatever prayers you want if
You have cleared them with the pontiff,
Everybody say his own
Native New Age occult poem
Doin' the Pachamama rag.

Hold hands in that hippy throng
Sing some 60's Marxist song,
There the gal who's got religion'll
Tell you that it's aboriginal.
If it is, I think you'll you know that
It's an idol on the throw mat 
Mother Earth or Pachamama 
Time to sacrifice a Llama!

So get down upon your knees,
Fiddle with your native beads,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!

Carve some pagan grooves around a stick
When in Rome do like a heretic,
Hey wooden mama
Gee I'm glad they dunked ya,
It's more than just moronic,
It's really quite demonic.
Doin' the Pachamama rag!


*If you pay attention to Lehrer's introduction to his original Vatican Rag, you may find that much of it is spot on (ignore the silly quip about Friday abstinence). For this Catholic, he seems to be making fun of Vatican II as much as the Faith itself, though of course he may not have quite looked at it that way.