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To: nihil who wrote (3517)3/27/1999 3:55:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 13018
 
The Pope, he leads a happy life!
His life is free from care and strife.
He drinks the best of Rhenish wine.
I wish the Pope's gay life were mine.

But still its not a happy life.
He has no maid or blooming wife.
He has no son to raise his hope.*
Why, then, I would not be the Pope.

The Sultan better pleases me.
His life is full of jollity.
His wives are many as he will.
The Sultan's throne I fain would fill.

But still, he's not a happy man.
He must obey the Al Koran.
He must not touch one drop of Rhenish wine,
I'm glad the Sultan's life's not mine.

So when my sweetheart kisses me.
I think that I the Sultan be.
And when my Rhenish wine I tope.
I think that then I be the Pope.

*There were exceptions of course, Pope Alexander (Borgia) VI had Cesare Borgia (Motto: Aut Caesar, aut nihil.), Duke de Nemours, who almost achieved Alexander's fondest hopes.
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