BANNED FROM THE RENAISSANCE		DK/LW
(Sung to "Back in the U.S.S.R." by John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Last autumn we were playing in Columbia
In the Sixteenth Century.
Even though we thought the show went over well,
Others thought that we should be
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!
Lo, what a kick in the pants, yea!
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!

Theodoric struggled to control his rage.
He'd predicted trouble when
He saw that the privvies were behind our stage.
Aye, we got the message then:
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!
We couldn't sing, couldn't dance, no!
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!

On Saturday, Sir Francis Drake
Approved the band he hired.
On Sunday 'twas his news to break
That services contracted of these singers
Were no longer required!

We became distressed to learn a certain group
Thought our music didn't fit.
Nay, we didn't stand a chance against the group
Who forced the Boogie Knights to get 
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!
They took away our big chance, yea!
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!

The merchants said that our little band
Destroyed the atmosphere.
But what we could not understand
Was how these people got away with selling Pepsi,
T-shirts and beer!

Then we heard that Pennsylvania liked our band.
So we took the show on tour.
Left without a following in Maryland
But returned with even more 
Fans from the Re-nai-sa-sance!
The Pennsylvanians want us, oh,
Back in the Re-nai-sa-sance!
Now everybody wants us, yea,
Back in the Re-nai-
Back in the Re-nai-
Back in the Re-nai-sa-sance!
(Of course we still play the cons, yea.)
Banned from the Re-nai-
Banned from the Re-nai-
Banned from the Re-nai-sa-sance!