We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Most people are familiar with two other tunes for this, but this is the one we have used for our daily Advent devotions for 30 years. Easy for children to learn and after a while, hold the melody against harmony by the adults.
The lyrics are also both simple and poetic, without much abstract or metaphorical language.
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