Doctor of Divinity
A straight laced doctor of divinity
Came to the church of St Mary
What he found appalled him so
The ink from his quill began to flow
The pious priests had long gone
There was hunting and hawking at Honiton
Wenching gambling debauchery
In Ottery St Mary
A straight laced doctor of divinity
In his church of St Mary
Writing a book called a ship of fools
While his monks were breaking all the rules
The pious priests had long gone
There was hunting and hawking at Honiton
Wenching gambling debauchery
In Ottery St Mary
The scholar ignores all his books
The Judge is bribed and away he looks
Like a ship of fools all at sea
The monks behaving foolishly
A straight laced doctor of divinity
Left the church of St Mary
His patron had passed away
Goodbye Alexander Barclay
Came to the church of St Mary
What he found appalled him so
The ink from his quill began to flow
The pious priests had long gone
There was hunting and hawking at Honiton
Wenching gambling debauchery
In Ottery St Mary
A straight laced doctor of divinity
In his church of St Mary
Writing a book called a ship of fools
While his monks were breaking all the rules
The pious priests had long gone
There was hunting and hawking at Honiton
Wenching gambling debauchery
In Ottery St Mary
The scholar ignores all his books
The Judge is bribed and away he looks
Like a ship of fools all at sea
The monks behaving foolishly
A straight laced doctor of divinity
Left the church of St Mary
His patron had passed away
Goodbye Alexander Barclay
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Writer(s): Ian Churchward
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