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Thread #141825   Message #4124340
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
27-Oct-21 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Alternative Gaudete lyrics/Awayday (Kipper)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Alternative Gaudete lyrics
Guest, PB:
My only ambition's to die in a pub,
Surrounded by women and liquor and grub.
You'll hear all the angels, "Saint Peter," they'll shout,
"Come and open the gates for this drunken old lout!"


First two lines:
Dying in a public house is my one ambition
Feast and drink as I carouse girls I proposition

I think the scansion's right, but I shouldn't end a sentence with a proposition!

Next two lines:
All the angels then will shout; "Open up! St Peter"
There's no reason to keep out this young lotus eater

Again, okay 'old' would scan just as well as 'young'