La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
Met the girl I love
In a town 'way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I took her in my arms,
And I told her of her many charms,
I kissed her while the fiddles played,
The Bonaparte's Re-treat.
All the (world was bright
As I held her on that night
And I heard her say
"Please don't ever go away",
So I held her in my arms,
And Told her of her many charms,
I Kissed her while the fiddles played,
The Bonaparte's Re-treat.