Of the 5 songs we sang at the Christmas concert, my favorite was a combination of a couple different older Christmas hymns, including God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. I might be crazy so you try to spot what seems wrong in the second verse before I share:
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
The which His Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Did you catch it? If you didn't notice anything odd, then you are just not as observant as I am but come on..."The which His Mother Mary." That makes it sound like Jesus's mother is a "witch" which I do not feel is a very respectful term to describe the mother of our savior. I will say that this lyrical mishap was slightly exaggerated because it was right at a page turn, meaning I always read that line by itself before turning the page to find out she didn't take anything in scorn but still, I think Mr. Unknown could have done a better job. This is the first time a Christmas song lyric has ever bothered me and since this is a popular one, I will probably be bugged by this lyric until I die. In the past when I have issues like this, I just have to wait for the song to get older and then it doesn't get played on the radio much so I can move on with my life.
Like this one from Faith Hill's "Mississippi girl":
I still like wearing my old ball cap
Ride my kids around piggy back
Most people are nice enough to let their kids ride instead of forcing the poor children to carry their mother, but I have never had kids, what do I know?
Or this one from George Strait's "She let herself go":
Let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
While a cruise to Honolulu does sound nice, I am pretty sure their are no cruises into Vegas as it is slightly land locked.
See how well I have moved on with my life.
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