The Traditionalist Lament

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Got the following in an e-mail and thought this would be the best place to share 🙂

The Traditionalist Lament

Introibo. Tantum Ergo. Kyrie Eleison.
Give me back my pamphlet rack and surplices with lace on.
If Catholic means rock-and-roll it’s time to take some action.
Introibo. Tantum Ergo. Kyrie Eleison.

I used to sing of Christ the King and goodly saints of yore,
But now some fool named Michael tries to row his boat ashore.
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost have given way to trash.
The Trinity have been replaced by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

They say they dropped the Latin hymns 'cause they weren’t understood,
And hymns that no one understands are neither wise nor good.
Well, I will stop my nagging and shut up my wagging jaw
If someone will just tell me what is meant by “Kum-by-yah”.

I ask on high that when I die, no matter how I’ve sinned,
The music will be “Grant Him Rest”, not “Blowin’ in the Wind”,
And as I soar to heaven’s door to rest among the stars,
Please bear me there with angel harps, not banjos and guitars.
 
Erich said:
Got the following in an e-mail and thought this would be the best place to share 🙂

The Traditionalist Lament

Introibo. Tantum Ergo. Kyrie Eleison.
Give me back my pamphlet rack and surplices with lace on.
If Catholic means rock-and-roll it’s time to take some action.
Introibo. Tantum Ergo. Kyrie Eleison.

I used to sing of Christ the King and goodly saints of yore,
But now some fool named Michael tries to row his boat ashore.
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost have given way to trash.
The Trinity have been replaced by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

They say they dropped the Latin hymns 'cause they weren’t understood,
And hymns that no one understands are neither wise nor good.
Well, I will stop my nagging and shut up my wagging jaw
If someone will just tell me what is meant by “Kum-by-yah”.

I ask on high that when I die, no matter how I’ve sinned,
The music will be “Grant Him Rest”, not “Blowin’ in the Wind”,
And as I soar to heaven’s door to rest among the stars,
Please bear me there with angel harps, not banjos and guitars.
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If that doesn’t make us laugh in spite of ourselves, nothing will. 😃
 
Funny, but the references are a little dated. No-one around here does ‘Kumbaya’ or ‘Michael Row the boat Ashore’ anymore.
 
LilyM said:
Funny, but the references are a little dated. No-one around here does ‘Kumbaya’ or ‘Michael Row the boat Ashore’ anymore.
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Don’t tell brotherhrolf that 😛
 
My Aunt Maureen clipped this poem out of her diocesan paper and sent it to me back in 1969, when I was a member of the folk choir in our parish. We knew all too well the meaning of “Kum Ba Yah”
 
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