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 Family” theme
[Scene: A middle-class living room in the Celestial Kingdom, Joseph and Emma seated at the piano.]
Joseph: Boy, the way I prophesied—
Emma: Stretched the truth and sometimes lied—
Joseph: Chased the girls until I died—
Both: Those were the days!
Emma: You kept reinventing God—
Joseph: No one even thought it odd—
Both: Everyone should have some suckers
Just like those to defraud!
Joseph: Didn’t need no Golden Plates—
Emma: Only wanted to create—
Both: Nauvoo's theocratic state—
Those—were—the—days!!
