♪♪♪ SING ALONG ♪♪♪ as a piano plays the chords and melody (from the SOLO Edition of the Secular Hymnal). Singing along to a simple, chorded melody like this is an ideal way to develop your harmonizing skills!

Lyrics:

Just because it's etched in gold, doesn't mean it's good
Just because the others do, doesn't mean we should
Just because it might be old, doesn't mean it's wise
Just because it might have wings, doesn't mean it flies

Just because the words might rhyme, doesn't mean they're true
Just because we maybe can, doesn't mean we do
Just because the wolf might cry, doesn't mean it's sad
Just because the bird might sing, doesn't mean it's glad

 


Here's the same hymn in 4-part harmony (from the SATB Edition of the Secular Hymnal). If you and your choir prefer to print out your own score of this hymn, click here to access a beautiful PDF file.


To research the history of this hymn tune: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SH2014