H 51 If I Was the Crown King 
                       Father Marcos de Foronda
Sung To The Tune Of If I Were A Wealthy Man - Fiddler On the Roof

(Dear God, you made many, many commoners. I realize of course, that it's no shame to be a commoner. But it's no great honor either. So what would be so terrible if I had a small Kingdom?)

Chorus
If I was the Crown King,
Yaha-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-dum,
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum,
If I was the reining King.
I wouldn't have to work none,
Yaha-deeuh-buua-buua-buua-deeba-deeba-dum
If I was the biddy-biddy-Crown
Yida-deeda-dida-dida-King.

I'd get a big tall throne with gold trim all cov'ring,
Rising up thirty feet or more
It'll take ten men just to lift it off the ground.
I'd have a staff of twenty just for my whims,
And twenty more in case they are busy,
And another ten just to hang around.
I'd fill my court with Lords and Ladies and Squires,
And bards to sing my many praises,
Warbling odes as only they can sing.
And heralds loud proclaimung me
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say, "Here rules a regal King."

Chorus

I see my wife, my Lady, looking like a real Kings Queen,
With a proper sable cloak,
Supervising squires to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock,
Oh! What a happy mood she's in,
Screaming at the court staff day and night.
The most important An Tiran's will come to fawn on me,
They will ask me to advise them,
Like Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Your Highness,
Pardon me, Your Highness,"
Posing problems that would cross a Laurel's eyes.
La-de, la-de, la-la.
And it won't make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong,
When you're King, they think you really know.
If I was King, I'd have sources that I lack
To give titles and awards away,
And maybe all deserving would get their due.
And I'd discuss the Kingdom laws with all the learned men
And make them even better
To leave the Kingdom stronger when I'm through

If I was the Crown King,
Yaha-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-deeuh-dum,
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum,
If I was the reigning King.
I wouldn't have to work none,
Yaha-deeuh-buua-buua-buua-deeba-deeba-dum
Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am.
Would it spoil some drast eternal plan
If I was the reigning King?