The Pharisees

The Pharisees, they ruled the town,

They ruled the town, the Pharisees;

Each one he wore a little crown

To prove he was a king.

They taught the birds the way to sing;

They taught the grass the way to grow;

They taught the wind the way to blow;

They regulated everything.

The Pharisees, they ruled the town,

They ruled the town, the Pharisees,

Until one day there came a clown

Who played upon a penny pipe.

He said: "I think the Day is ripe."

He looked into the sky and played:

(It was the Pharisees who prayed)

He played upon a penny pipe.

: The Pharisees, they ruled the town,

They ruled the town, the Pharisees,

Until one day a storm came down,

And drowned them all, the Pharisees.

It drowned them like so many fleas;

It drowned them in their own domains;

It drowned them with its mighty rains,

The Pharisees, the Pharisees.