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The un-virtuousness of the fat friar.

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THE FAT FRIAR

FAT FRIAR LAUGHS AND THEN CHOKES ON A PINT,
OF ALE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PAID FOR.
HE LAUGHS AT THE MAN WHO HAS LOST ALL HIS HEART,
BUT SOMETIMES ITS SOMETHING HE CRAVES FOR.

SITS IN A CHAIR WHILE HE’S NAKED.
DEMANDS ALL HE WANTS FROM HIS FAVORITE.
HIS LOVES GONE, REPLACED BY,
MOLLY WHO'S NAIVE SHE’LL DO ANYTHING.
AND HE BEATS HER, MISTREATS HER,
AND TELLS HER TO LOVE ALL HIS CARDINAL SIN.

TALKS ABOUT PURITY ON SOMEDAY MASS,
BY THE EVENING HIS CHEEKS HAVE BEEN BEATEN,
BY SWEET LITTLE MOLLY WHO COUNTS OUT HIS CASH,
BY EVENING SHE’S A VIXEN TO PLEASE HIM.

SITS IN A CHAIR WHILE HE’S NAKED.
DEMANDS ALL HE WANTS FROM HIS FAVORITE.
HIS LOVES GONE, REPLACED BY,
MOLLY WHO'S NAIVE SHE’LL DO ANYTHING.
AND HE BEATS HER, MISTREATS HER,
AND TELLS HER TO LOVE ALL HIS CARDINAL SIN.

GUITAR SOLO.

HE TELLS HER THAT HEAVEN IS EASILY REACH,
BUT FIRST SHE MUST OPEN HER SECRETS.
AND GOD WILL MOVE IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS,
AS HE TAKES HIS RELIGION MUCH DEEPER.

SITS IN A CHAIR WHILE HE’S NAKED.
COMMANDS ALL HE WANTS FROM HIS FAVORITES.
HIS LOVES GONE, REPLACED BY,
MOLLY WHO'S NAIVE SHE’LL DO ANYTHING.
AND HE BEATS HER, MISTREATS HER,
AND TELLS HER TO LOVE ALL HIS CARDINAL SIN.

HIS LOVE, IS GONE, REPLACED BY MOLLY
WHO’LL DO ANY THING.

HE BEATS HER, MISS TREATS HER,
AND TELLS HER TO LOVE ALL HIS CARDINAL SINS

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from Southern Counties Riots And Other Stories, released March 31, 2010
Lyrics and Music, G. Wheeler
Recorded and mixed, Russell Plowman,

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Bad Billy Band Worthing, UK

“British Folk/Rock band, Bad Billy Band are an established group that plays thumping, toe-tapping original music. Hailing from around Brighton/Worthing, the five-piece band knock out an original folk/rock mixture with a lively sound.
The band are notoriously great live and have played to many audiences along the south of England. Not to be missed.!”
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