The news of this consperracy and villianous attempt, I read it in a newspaper, from Italy it was sent: It was sent from lovely Italy, where the olives they do grow, And our holy father lives, yes, yes, while his name it is No NO.
And 'tis there our English noblemen goes that is Puseyites no longer, Because they finds the ancient faith both better is and stronger, And 'tis there I knelt beside my lord when he kiss'd the POPE his toe, And hung his neck with chains at St. Peter's Vinculo.
And 'tis there the splendid churches is, and the fountains playing grand, And the palace of PRINCE TORLONIA, likewise the Vatican; And there's the stairs where the bagpipe-men and the piffararys blow. And it's there I drove my lady and lord in the Park of Pincio.
And 'tis there our splendid churches is in all their pride and glory, Saint Peter's famous Basilisk and Saint Mary's Maggiory; And them benighted Prodestants, on Sunday they must go Outside the town to the preaching-shop by the gate of Popolo.
Now in this town of famous Room, as I dessay you have heard, There is scarcely any gentleman as hasn't got a beard. And ever since the world began it was ordained so, That there should always barbers he wheresumever beards do grow.
And as it always has been so since the world it did begin, The POPE, our Holy Potentate, has a beard upon his chin; And every morning regular when cocks begin to crow, There comes a certing party to wait on POPE PIO.
There comes a certing gintlemen with razier, soap, and lather, A shaving most respectfully the POPE, our Holy Father. And now the dread consperracy I'll quickly to you show, Which them sanguinary Prodestants did form against NONO.
Them sanguinary Prodestants, which I abore and hate, Assembled in the preaching-shop by the Flaminian gate; And they took counsel with their selves to deal a deadly blow Against our gentle Father, the Holy POPE PIO.
Exhibiting a wickedness which I never heard or read of; What do you think them Prodestants wished? to cut the good Pope's head off! And to the kind POPE'S Air-dresser the Prodestant Clark did go, And proposed him to decapitate the innocent PIO.
"What hever can be easier," said this Clerk--this Man of Sin, "When you are called to hoperate on His Holiness's chin, Than just to give the razier a little slip--just so?-- And there's an end, dear barber, of innocent PIO!"