Plus, it seems so cheap.
The organist played the piece quite well on the organ, but the two eighth-sixteenth-dotted eighth measures in the refrain were each changed to 3 eighth notes, and some of the sixteenth notes in the verses were also changed to eighth notes. (The PIPs seemed to be accustomed to these changes.) This eliminated most of the "cutesy" elements I find in the piece.
Since the congregation is completely unfamiliar with the piece,
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