Our heartfelt thanks to Fr Timothy Ferguson for allowing us to share this brilliant song parody which he wrote. It is based on the title of an article by Matthew Schmidt published in the Catholic Herald just over six years ago, which in turn takes its title from the song “The Kids Are Alright” by The Who. (For a sense of chronological perspective, by the way, this song is older than the post-Conciliar Rite, although not as dated.) Feliciter tibi, optime pater!
I don’t mind a little Latin in my Mass,
that’s fine, in fact it gives a little gravitas,
But to turn to the altar with candles alight,
seems to draw families in, the kids are Old Rite,
the kids are Old Rite.
Sometimes, I think the revolution’s lost,
bells chime, and burlaps banners all are tossed,
and I shed a few tears for those lost wasted years,
‘Cuz despite all we’ve done, the kids are Old Rite,
the kids are Old Rite.
I know I should go to the Lord and confess,
for the plans that we laid have just made a big mess.
I don’t mind some incense and a little lace,
But these kids are turning up in every place,
if you shut down one Old Mass, there’s five other sites,
best to leave them alone, the kids are Old Rite,
the kids are Old Rite.
Sometimes, I worry that the Council’s failed,
our Spes, and our Gaudium have been derailed,
then I read all the texts, and it’s in black and white,
the kids are the future, and they’re all Old Rite,
the kids are Old Rite,
the kids are Old Rite.
the kids are Old Rite.
