A freethinking people to a fault, we Unitarian Universalists are often getting in trouble for changing the verses to the hymns we don’t agree with. But why should the deacons get all the really good tunes? At any rate, I hope no-one takes offence if we change around a few lyrics to a favorite campfire hymn. If campfire hymns are sacred ground too, please forgive the transgression…
Universally,
Rev. Bob

“You’ll always go to heaven”

O, you’ll always go to heaven
if you’re UU
cuz’ in UU heaven,
we take UUs, too.
CHORUS: Oh I ain’t gonna grieve, I ain’t gonna worry,
I ain’t gonna leave this world in a hurry,
I ain’t gonne grieve, my Lord no more.

O you’ll always go to heaven
if you’re Universalist
because if you didn’t go to heaven,
why, you’d be missed.
CHORUS

O you’ll always go to heaven
if you’re Unitarian
because if you’re Unitarian
you probably know Marion.
(congregational in-joke - can subsitute “you can take the MTA, or the Star Island Ferry in” for a more universal Unitarian in-joke)

O you’ll always go to heaven
if you’re an atheist
cuz an atheist
makes the most of this

O you’ll always go to heaven
If you made a sin
Cos God said she’s gonna love ya
And she don’t give in.

O you’ll always go to heaven
If you’re broken inside
You know the Mississipi River
Is a mile wide.

O you’ll always go to heaven,
if you give a pledge away,
Because when you get to heaven,
you won’t need it anyway.

O you’re gonna go to heaven
At the The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County,
Because at The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County,
we’re a place of bounty.

In the timeless tradition of campfire songs, feel free to add verses and change the words!!! See ya in heaven, if not before!