A TITHE, A TITHE-O

Many parishioners are aware of the rector's love of 'rewriting' songs to familiar tunes.
Try this one to the tune of “Cockles and Mussels”.

As Christian believers we know we're receivers

Of all that we are and of all we “possess.”

God's generous giving calls forth our own living

In joyful thanksgiving for such lavishness!

A tithe, a tithe-o, a tithe, a tithe-o,

Of thine own do we give thee, a tithe, a tithe-o.

In church on a Sunday, I found out that Monday

And all of the other weekdays are God's too.

By giving God one day, we consecrate Monday

And Wednesday and Friday: they all are God's due.

In terms of our treasure, the same is the measure:

We hallow the whole by the part set aside.

To give a proportion prevents the distortion

Of seeing our wealth as the source of our pride.

(Repeat first verse)