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No Pope by The Tudors

SUMMARY:

The Tudor monarchs flip-flop between Catholicism and Protestantism, setting a turbulent religious scene for the country.

Parody of No Scrubs by TLC

From Series 10 Episode 5

LYRICS:

The Pope is a guy God thinks is fine

He's also a real good friend of mine

Defender of the Faith, he calls me

Cos I'm such a great Catholic - see?

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Then I got bored of Catherine

And I wanted to marry Anne

Then the Pope said cos I'm Catholic

I gotta be a one-woman man

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So no, I don't want no pope

The pope is a guy that can't get no love from me

Gonna split from the Catholics

Now the head of the English Church... is me

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Then brother Eddie perished

And now the country's mine

And cos I was brought up Catholic

I'll change it back one more time

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Cos oh, how I love the Pope

The Pope is the guy who reps my God for me

And if you don't agree that's totally fine

I'll just burn you for hersey

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Now Mary died, the country's mine

How will we pray, I must decide

Born Protestant, raised with Catholics

I really can see both sides

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Sure, if I trash the Catholics

Then the whole Church is mine

And if they don't obey me

I'll charge them a hefty fine

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So no, I don't want no pope

The English Church should all be about me

Head of Church and state

That sounds great, call it Act of Supremacy

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I don't want no pope

No, sorry

But what will happen

After me...?

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