"Secular" explained in song!

[Praxis]

I came across this fantastic song, written on a blog, here: http://shellity.blogspot.com/2011/02...l#comment-form

I repost it here. You all know the tune (My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music), so take a deep breath and sing! You'll be surprised at how beautifully it's put together):

Hospitals, clinics and subsidised health care;
Sound infrastructure and asset-based welfare;
Natural disaster relief put aside;
These are the things that our taxes provide.

Teaching religion while school is in session;
Chaplains untrained in a childcare profession;
Catholic school funding held forth on a plate;
These should have nothing to do with the State.

Hardworking people with moderate income;
Small business owners whose books are fair dinkum;
Lucky investors whose capital grew;
These are the folks who pay tax when it’s due.

Cavernous churches with huge congregations;
Each one demanding faith, love and donations;
Some even teach song and dance for a fee;
These are the folks who get money for free.

While your belt’s tight;
And your fees sting;
While you’re feeling broke:
In Canberra they pander to God-fearing groups;
And make “secular” a joke.

Now I'd like to see a film clip of it put together and passed around. It's just brilliant

[bruce1937]

Originally Posted by Praxis

I came across this fantastic song, written on a blog, here: http://shellity.blogspot.com/2011/02...l#comment-form

I repost it here. You all know the tune (My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music), so take a deep breath and sing! You'll be surprised at how beautifully it's put together):

Hospitals, clinics and subsidised health care;
Sound infrastructure and asset-based welfare;
Natural disaster relief put aside;
These are the things that our taxes provide.

Teaching religion while school is in session;
Chaplains untrained in a childcare profession;
Catholic school funding held forth on a plate;
These should have nothing to do with the State.

Hardworking people with moderate income;
Small business owners whose books are fair dinkum;
Lucky investors whose capital grew;
These are the folks who pay tax when it’s due.

Cavernous churches with huge congregations;
Each one demanding faith, love and donations;
Some even teach song and dance for a fee;
These are the folks who get money for free.

While your belt’s tight;
And your fees sting;
While you’re feeling broke:
In Canberra they pander to God-fearing groups;
And make “secular” a joke.

Now I'd like to see a film clip of it put together and passed around. It's just brilliant

I must have been sitting on the toilet when the gods where handing out musical ability, so I am probably wrong, but would replacing GROUPS with FOLK suit the rhyme better?
I think it is awesome. maybe Tim Minchin could pick it up?

[Praxis]

Originally Posted by bruce1937

I must have been sitting on the toilet when the gods where handing out musical ability, so I am probably wrong, but would replacing GROUPS with FOLK suit the rhyme better?
I think it is awesome. maybe Tim Minchin could pick it up?

I'm no lyricist either but AFAIK the third-last line and the last line are the rhyme. If you replaced groups with folk, then the last three lines would all rhyme.

Someone who knows this stuff can correct me (perhaps WLB is able?) but I'm fairly sure that's not correct 'scan'.

Anyway, 'tis a mere quibble. The author apparently just wrote it this morning so I think it's pretty good off the cuff.

I really hope someone makes a clip of it.

[Onlyatheory?]

Love it. Thanks for the post!!

[Darwinsbulldog]

Excellent! Being a musical moron-I did not notice any flaws!

[Mentally Saturated]

Nice find, Prax.

Singing it reminded me of:
a) Why I shouldn't be allowed to sing out loud, and
b) How much I hate The Sound Of Pathetically Unrealistic Happiness.



Gary