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.
There's a voice now missing in our little country choir
Rock of ages will never sound the same
God heard her singing heaven was not complete
Now mama's teaching angels how to sing
Mama's teaching angels how to sing
Heaven's halls are silent when mama sings
David lays down his harp and heaven's bells won't ring
When mama's teaching angels how to sing
The old home it’s now empty it's lonesome since she's gone
And it's hard to know she won't return again
But I'll meet her in that morning on heaven's golden hills
Where mama's teaching angels how to sing