The Begat

Lyrics

[THREE GOSPELEERS] The Lord made Adam The Lord made Eve He made 'em both a little bit naive They lived as free as the summer breeze Without pajamas and without chemise Until they stumbled on the apple trees Then she looked at him and he looked at her And they knew immediately what the world was fur [FIRST GOSPELEER] He said give me my cane He said give me my hat [THREE GOSPELEERS] The time has come To bеgin the begat [SECOND GOSPELEER, spoken] The bеgat, the begat [THREE GOSPELEERS] So they begat Cain And they begat Abel Who begat the rabble at the Tower of Babel [SECOND GOSPELEER, spoken] They begat the Cohens [FIRST GOSPELEER, spoken] And they begat O'Rourkes [THREE GOSPELEERS] And they begat the people who believed in storks [SECOND GOSPELEER] Lordy, Lordy [THREE GOSPELEERS] How they did begat! [SECOND GOSPELEER] How they did be begat [THREE GOSPELEERS] Even more than that When the begat got to gettin' under par They begat the daughters of the D.A.R.  They begat the Babbitts of the bourgeoisie They begat the misbegotten G.O.P.  [SECOND GOSPELEER] It was a-pleasin' to Jezebel A-pleasin' to Ruth [THIRD GOSPELEER] It pleased the League of Women Shoppers in Duluth [FIRST GOSPELEER] Though the movie censors tried the facts to hide The movie goers up and multiplied [SECOND GOSPELEER] Lordy, Lordy [THIRD GOSPELEER] How they multiplied [SECOND GOSPELEER] How they multiplied [THIRD GOSPELEER] How they multiplied [FIRST GOSPELEER] Soon it swept the world [THIRD GOSPELEER] Every land and lingo [SECOND GOSPELEER] It became the rage [FIRST GOSPELEER, spoken] It was bigger than bingo [THREE GOSPELEERS] The white begat, the red begat The folks who should have stood in bed begat The Greeks begat, the Swedes begat [SECOND GOSPELEER, spoken] Why, even Britishers in tweeds begat [THREE GOSPELEERS] And Lordy, Lordy, what their seeds begat The Lapps and Lithuanians begat Scranton Pennsylvanians begat Strict vegetarians begat Honorary Aryans begat Startin' from Genesis, they begat Heroes and menaces begat Fat filibusterers begat Income tax adjusterers begat 'Twas nafchaler and nafchaler to begat And sometimes a bachelor, he begat It didn't matter whichaways they begat Sons of habitués begat So bless them all who go to bat And heed the call of the begat