Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats Away!

I command that all the rats that are hereabout

That none dwell in this place, within or without

Through the virtue of Jesus that Mary bore

Whom all creatures must ever adore

And through the virtue of Mark, Matthew,

Luke and John

All four Archangels, that are as one

Through the virtue of Saint Gertrude,

That maid clean

God grant in grace

That no rats dwell in the place.

That these names were uttered in

And through the virtue of Saint Kasi

That holy man who prayed to God Almighty

Of the scathes they did

His meadows amid

By day and night.

God bid them flee and go out of every man's sight

Dominus, Deus, Sabbaoth, Emmanuel, great name of God

Deliver this place from rats and from all other shame.

God save this place

From all other wicked wights

Both by days and by nights.

Et in nomini Patris et Filii

Et Sancti Spiriti,

Amen.