There's a woman who is being ordained a Roman Catholic Womanpriest, and she wants this song sung at her ordination. She had heard Faith Petric sing it years ago, so she wrote to the Harmony list of the San Francisco Folk Music Club for lyrics. I'll try verify and correct the lyrics later. This is what was posted to the Harmony list: If You Haven't Got A Penis Then You Can't Become A Priest Lyric: Dean Morgan To the tune of Turkey in the Straw Well, I know a Catholic woman who's devout to say the least Her major life ambition was to be a parish priest She applied to seminary they told her get on the run The priesthood's just for men, you can only be a nun chorus: If you haven't got a penis then you can't become a priest This archaic stipulation should have long ago been ceased Of God and faith and scripture man and woman both can talk What's more you serve communion with your hands and not your cock. So she went to the monsignor in her never-ending search To find out if there's any place for women in the church He said that we can use them in our hospitals and schools But if you want to be ordained, man, you gotta have some tools Chorus Oh, you might believe in God as much as anybody can And you may know the bible just as much as any man You can't wear the cleric collar, you can't hold the holy chalice You can't celebrate the mass all because you lack a phallus
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