Thursday, December 08, 2005

"Silent Night" Secularized (Wisconsin Elementary School Changes Lyrics)

A Wisconsin elementary school has changed beloved Christmas carol "Silent Night" to "Cold in the Night" with all new lyrics:
For a performance in its "winter program," a Wisconsin elementary school has changed the beloved Christmas carol "Silent Night," calling the song "Cold in the Night" and secularizing the lyrics.

According to Liberty Counsel, a religious-liberty law firm representing a student's parent, kids who attend Ridgeway Elementary School in Dodgeville, Wis., will sing the following lyrics to the tune of "Silent Night":

Cold in the night,
no one in sight,
winter winds whirl and bite,
how I wish I were happy and warm,
safe with my family out of the storm.

3 Comments:

At 12/08/2005 10:48 AM, Blogger Dr. Thursday said...

Looks like someone has been reading Dante: that's what they sing in the Ninth Circle of Hell.

 
At 12/08/2005 12:15 PM, Blogger Sir Galen of Bristol said...

I was thinking something along those lines, Dr. Thursday; these lyrics are of despair, not hope. This is a song of sadness and suffering, not of peace and joy.

Is this all that atheism has to offer? I fear so.

 
At 12/08/2005 8:38 PM, Blogger Fidei Defensor said...

Sad that this happens in my native state. People in WI seem remarkably willing to censor themselves.

 

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