an old Negro Spritual for the Holy Father

[mopaul]

Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain't gonna study war no more.

refrain

I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.
I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.

Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand;
Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my long white robe; Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my starry crown; Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my golden shoes;
(ETC)
Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;
(ETC)
Gonna shake hands around the world;

........"I ain't gonna study war NO MORE"...........

[KlatooBNikto]

1. Great tribute to a great man.

[H2O Man]

2. I like that

a lot.

[stlsaxman]

3. and all the rest of us. War No More. Thanks, mopaul...

beat swords into plowshares
melt the guns
here comes president kill again
oh well, that's this world over...

hmmm. a tangent leading from biblical verse to XTC via an old Negro Spiritual...

my prayer: Dear Mr. Pope, when you meet the maker please let him/her know that there are quite a few of us "peacemakers" down here that could really use a little help...

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Too bad

JP reigned over one of the most corrupt institutions on earth.

I think I'll go play Donovan's 'Poke At the Pope' instead.

[mopaul]

5. who was it did 'losing my religion'?

i like frank zappa's, 'dumb all over'

yeah, the roman catholic church could use a good going over.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. REM

Yep, great tune.

I suffered through 12 year of RC education. Somehow, despite the odds, it did make me a better person. But I was lucky, the RC in NYC was actually very liberal at the time.

[KlatooBNikto]

7. Do you remember a quote from Hitler: So, how many divisions does the

Pope command?

[mopaul]

8. there were more than a few genocidal popes

out of about 150 of them, some were right up there with w in their murderous rampages.