Chant A Lot!

(Tune: Camelot)

It’s true! It’s true! The documents are clear!
The music must be sacred art, my dear!

Some laws were made a distant moon ago here:
Polyphony and chant are to be taught,
And students of the schools of sacred music
should chant a lot.

The music that’s profane, it is forbidden,
In liturgies the chant has pride of place,
So seminaries should train future priests all
to chant a lot.

Chant a lot! Chant a lot! I know it sounds a bit bizarre,
We don't chant a lot, chant a lot—instead we have guitar!

Not ev’rything that stands outside the temple
is worthy to come in, and yet it does,
A treasure, sure, we’ve got!
Don’t let chant be forgot!
The only way to save it is to
get the Church to chant a lot!

Chant a lot! Chant a lot! I know it gives a person pause,
But to chant a lot, chant a lot, those are the Council’s laws.

So teach your choirs to read the little square notes,
Instruct your children, still upon the knee!
Don’t let chant be forgot!
Church budgets, please allot
some funding for directors who will
teach the Church to chant a lot!