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The Pope was saying the high, high mass, / All on Saint Peter's day; / With the power to him given by the saints in heaven / To wash men's sins away.
The Pope he was saying the blessed mass, / And the people kneel'd around; / And from each man's soul his sins did pass, / As he kissed the holy ground.