Laurence England's "The Pyjamahadeen"

English Catholic blogger, Laurence England, sings his own composition, "Pyjamahadeen."   It's a light-hearted take on a derogatory term applied to the traddy sector of the Catholic blogosphere.

The Pyjamahadeen

[Chorus]

We’re the lean, keen, dream team o’

Street-fightin’, neat jivin’ pyjamahadeen

We’re the lean, keen, mean, dream team o’

Straight talkin’, late bloggin’ pyjamahadeen

We’re the lean, keen, mean, dream team

Prayin’ England will once more be Our Lady’s Dowry

We’re the dream team, so hopefully

Devoted to our purest, gentlest Heavenly Queen

Wake up in the mornin’

Make our mornin’ offerin’

Consecrated daily to the Heart of Mary

Prepare ourselves to log in

Gonna start a-bloggin’

Rantin’ and a-ravin’ ‘bout the Catholic scene

Dies iræ! Dies illa

Solvet sæclum in favilla:

Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

Without a doubt, not a scintilla

When young ladies wear mantillas

You know the Catholic restoration’s underway

[Chorus]

With all the priestly blogger’s typin’

Spreadin’ the Gospel, fightin’

‘gainst the rising tide of atheistic creeds

Lay faithful keep a-writin’

Comments keep a-flyin’

And if they’re heretical we click ‘delete’

You can read us but you’ll rarely

See us on the telly

Hear us on the wireless or in Telegraph read

We’re an educated laity, willin’, able, ready

Just try tellin’ that to Austen Ivereigh

[Chorus]

You’ll never see or hear us on the BBC

You’ll never see us on Sky News or ITV

Are you wonderin’ now just what the reason could be?

We’re not really a liberal Catholic’s cup of tea

We love our Bishops but we don’t speak ‘Bishopese’

We’re Latin, Gregorian, Benedictine, Traddie

I guess in that sense we’re the Church’s LGBT

We’re really rather thrilled with Bishop Mark Davies

[Chorus]

We’re the lean, keen, dream team o’

Street-fightin’, neat jivin’ pyjamahadeen

We’re the lean, keen, mean, dream team o’

Straight talkin’, late bloggin’ pyjamahadeen

We’re the lean, keen, mean, dream team

Prayin’ England will again be Our Lady’s Dowry

England will again be Our Lady's Dowry

England will again be Our Lady's Dowry

England will again be Our Lady's Dowry