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30 Oct 1996

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Welcome to the Nauvoo Cabaret, a parody review featuring the hilarious lyrics of Stephen Sondheim Smith! I first encountered Smith's delightfully wry versifying in a bit of email he sent me in 1996. I'm pleased to reproduce those lyrics here, along with one modest effort from myself.

(Just to be clear, the pseudonymous Mr. Smith is an actual correspondent of mine who contributes these lyrics via email, not someone I invented. Enjoy!)

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Hymn #6: Elders

previous: Hymn #5: The Tracting Song You wanna sing something really scary . . . .? This one’s a parody I wrote myself back in my missionary days, though it’s not quite as incisive as Brother Smith’s efforts. Sung to the tune of Michael Jackson's “Thriller” It’s close

14 Mar 1997

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Hymn #5: The Tracting Song

previous: Hymn #4: The Famous Dr. Hugh Something for the elders to hum as they march across the world in the lockstep of righteousness . . . Sung to the tune of “The Caisson Song” Grab your whites, put them on, Read your fiancée’s Dear John, As the elders go tracting along.

30 Jan 1997

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By: Stephen Sondheim Smith

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Hymn #4: The Famous Dr. Hugh

previous: Hymn #3: Those Were the Days Brother Smith writes: “I’ve never heard the redoubtable Dr. Hugh Nibley speak, but I always picture him with a deep, rumbling bass voice . . . sorta like a beloved TV character . . .” Sung to the tune of the “Mr. Ed” theme Oh, a horse is

12 Dec 1996

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By: Stephen Sondheim Smith

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Hymn #3: Those Were the Days

previous: Hymn #2: Come Join the One True Church Brother Smith was commissioned to write the following theme song for the pilot of the failed television sitcom “All in the L.D.S. Family.” Fortunately for us, the lyrics have survived. Sung to the tune of the “All in the

22 Nov 1996

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By: Stephen Sondheim Smith

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Hymn #6: Elders

Hymn #5: The Tracting Song

Hymn #4: The Famous Dr. Hugh

Hymn #3: Those Were the Days

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