Walter Meyer wrote:

>Let's see.  In elementary school, before God was thrown out of the
>public schools, we sang the following lines to the Andante Cantabile
>of Tchaikowsky's Fifth (text accuracy, not fully guaranteed):
>
>"God of the morning,
> God of the evening,
> God of the joyful and glowing sunbeam,
> Help us in sorrow;
> Help us in gladness;
> Give us the strength of Thy holy wisdom, Lord...."

I thought the words were:

   Give me some Mozart,
   Please, God, some Mozart!
   Why do we always have to play Tchaikowsky?

Ken McGuire
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