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To Tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Jesus Christ, Pentecost, Our Lady, nothing lost,
Peter, Paul, Linus, Cletus, Clement of Rome.

Athanasius, Ambrose, Thomas More, Thérèse's rose,
Dominic, John the Baptist, Perpetua, Jerome.

Augustine, Eusebius, Greg the Great, James the Just,
Anthony, Alphonsus, Catherine of Siena.

Joan of Arc, Benedict, Magdalena, Patrick,
Bonaventure, Sacred Heart, Teresa of Calcutta.

CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
So let's not fight it

John Paul, Joseph, Padre Pio, Francis,
Agatha, Gabriel, Bernadette, Anne.

Francis Xavier, Felicity, Ignatius, Dorothy,
Rita, John, Borromeo, Brigid of Ireland.

CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
So pray don't fight it