Shepherds Of The Nation
Written by: Ray DaviesPublished by: Davray Music Ltd.
Lyrics:
Sung by Mr. Black The Do-Gooders
Down with sex and sin,
Down with pot, heroin.
Down with pornography,
Down with lust.
Down with vice lechery and debauchery.
We are the new centurians.
Shepherds of the Nations.
We'll keep on our guard
For sin and degradation.
We are the national guard
Against filth and depravity,
Perversion and vulgarity,
Homosexuality.
Keep it clean.
Down with nudity,
Breasts that are bare and pubic hair.
We are here to cleanse humanity
From the man in the raincoat's
Pale faced glare.
So sodomites beware.
We are the new centurians,
Shepherds of the Nation.
We'll keep on our guard
For sin and degradation.
We are the national, guard
Against filth and depravity,
Perversion and vulgarity,
Homosexuality.
Keep it clean.
I visualise a day when people will be free
From evils like perversion and pornography.
We'll cast out Satan and we'll set the sinners free,
So people of the nation unite.
Put all the pervs in jail,
Bring back the birch, and the cat of nine tails.
Bring back corporal punishment
Bring back the stocks
And the axeman's block.
Let righteousness prevail.
Down with nudity and hard core magazines.
We'll bring religion back
And keep our country clean.
Keep it clean.
We are the new centurians
Shepherds of the Nation.
We'll keep on our guard
For sin and degradation.
We are the national guard
Against filth and depravity.
Perversion and vulgarity,
Homosexuality.
Keep it clean.
This song can be found on the following releases:
stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, LondonPreservation Act 2 | May 1974 | USA | RCA Victor CPL2 5040 | 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM |
Preservation Act 2 | 26 Jul, 1974 | UK | RCA Victor LPL2 5040 | 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM |
Holiday Romance/Shepherds Of The Nation | 11 Oct, 1974 | UK | RCA Victor RCA 2478 | 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM |
Preservation (A Play In Two Acts) | 30 Jul, 1991 | USA | Rhino R2 70523 | 2 CD set |
Preservation Act 2 | 14 Jul, 1998 | USA | Konk/Velvel 63467-79722-2 | CD |
Preservation Act 2 | 21 Sep, 2004 | USA | Konk/Koch VEL-SC-79809 | SACD (hybrid) |
Preservation Act 2 | 21 Jun, 2010 | UK | Konk/Koch/Universal Music 2738379 | CD |
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