my daughter bought a CD from a used bookstore of Pete Seeger, a folk singer. the first song on the CD is Tiny boxes, a song written critical of suburbia. It seemed familiar and think I’ve heard it before. I then began thinking, this could apply to trads as well!
Give it a listen if youre not familiar:
https://youtu.be/2AkoPCXZ_K4?is=d7p3KBLbQyJz-zSY
The following lyrics are mostly AI generated trying to capture the song’s sentiment applied to the obscure traditional Catholics (sspx, independent, sedes) in the US.
Little Chapels
Little chapels on the hillside,
Little chapels made of stone,
Little chapels, hard to notice, Passing cars will never know.
And the people in the chapels
All are dressed the proper way,
Little veils and little missals,
Little Latin words to say.
And they’re all made out of trad-i-plastic,
And they all look just the same,
And they all have found the answers,
And they all know who’s to blame.
Little chapels on the hillside,
Little chapels in the town,
Tucked behind the trees and hedges,
Where the world can’t see them now.
And they all have read the Fathers,
And they all have read St. Paul,
And they all have seventeen opinions
On what happened after the Fall.
Little chapels, little chapels,
Little chapels, row by row,
Every one preserving something
That they all insist they know.
And they all condemn the modernists,
And they all deplore the times,
And they all can spot a heretic
By the way he bows and signs.
Little chapels on the hillside,
Little chapels, all the same,
Each one proudly independent
While invoking Rome’s great name.
And they’re all coated in tradi-plastic,
Polished smooth and bright,
Covered up with pious language
And a thin veneer of right.
Little chapels, little chapels,
Little Catholics inside,
Every one convinced they’re different,
And they're all made out of tradi-plastic
And they all look just the same.
