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.
You can't make us leave, and you can't make us ever go away.
The children they will sing, the children they will laugh, and they will play...
And in the olden days, we never said these things.
And in the olden days, we never did these things.
You're not making us tired, we're never going to give it back to you.
Don't you want to see the whole world sing in harmony to the King?