Comments on: The Pope, He Leads a Jolly Life

By: Matt Miller

Matt Miller — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:09:28 +0000

The late Harold O. J. Brown (a contributor to First Things) used to lead his students in this song with some regularity! He also had us sing “Gaudeamus Igitur” everyday after lunch during his summer course in Germany; and in many of the evenings, “Vive La Compagnie”. But “The Pope, He Leads a Jolly Life,” often accompanied by an accordion, was always a crowd favorite.

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:58:18 +0000

A very bowdlerized translation of the German song actually :-).

By: Dave Eden

Dave Eden — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:42:51 +0000

Brilliant! Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. In the tradition of Chesterton’s quote about steak, wine and cigars (at least, in the literal sense, I haven’t thought too much about whether this accords with the metaphorical sense).