[Magdalen] On a humorous note

[Jim Guthrie]

>
> A new verse to one of the worst crafted hymns of all time.  It's on my
> short list of hymns I hate most.

Well, the snooty can deride it, but then they've probably never sung Anglican 
Chant either, which lets the singer sing the Psalms without worrying about meter 
and rhyme or any of the other pedestrian things that some consider make a "good" 
hymn.

But then, where's the meter and rhyme in, say, the Gloria?

Glory to God in the Highest
And peace to his people on Err-erth.
If this were a poem you were buy-ying
How much would you say its was wor-rth?

BTW, any choir/congregation worth its musical salt can sing the Gloria and 
glorious four-part Anglican Chant, as a few came to recognize how dreadful the 
H82 Gloria settings like Powell and Hurd really are.

Cheers,
Jim . . .