In the hours before the Liberal government’s cannabis legalization bill passed its final hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, and amid Opposition cries that legal weed would spell catastrophe for Canada, one senator asked his fellow colleagues to pass the bill – and pass the dutchie.

That was a reference to the band Musical Youth’s 1982 hit Pass the Dutchie. The expression – adapted from pass the kouchie, a Jamaican word for a pipe with pot in it, whereas dutchie means a literal pot – became slang for passing cannabis.

Liberal Sen. Jim Munson said he wanted to introduce some “levity” into the debate. For your entertainment, and for the record, here is what he read into the chamber in the lead up to the Senate’s final vote on Bill C-45:

The senators came to debate and debate they did.

What captured their curiosity was cannabis,

And should it be legalized instead of decriminalized.

But what they realized was this was no ordinary issue and sides were drawn.

Every day brought a new dawn of ideas.

Some were for and some were against.

And every senator put up a great defence.

Dealing with the black market as opposed to an open market.

Dealing with public health and education.

Taking a look at the habits of a new generation.

Questions were asked, statements were made.

But in the Senate of Canada no one was afraid.

Afraid to take a stand because each senator knew they had a hand

In dealing with a bill that would change the landscape of the land.

At the end of the day they amended the bill.

Some were accepted, some were rejected

But in the words of a song that some may understand.

It is time to pass.

Pass the bill.

Pass the dutchie to the left hand side.

And senators, if you don’t understand the last line, I will explain outside.