A Rebel Am I?

I've asked myself quite often whether or not my behavior is proper for some of the things I do. What I'm considering this time is the concept of singing the word to one song in place of another. There is a song in The Sound of Music called "Edelweiss." I've come to learn that, aside from it being a beautiful song written for a musical, it has no other intrinsic meaning to Austria, Europe or anyone else.

The tune that goes to "Edelweiss" has been reused for church, and the words have been changed to a benedictory selection. For the past few Sundays, it has been played at the end of each service, and the audience has been faithfully singing it with its intended church lyrics. Except for me. I'm the yahoo in the back of the auditorium singing "Edelweiss, edelweiss," while the rest of the church sings "May the Lord, mighty God."

For some odd reason, I take particularly twisted and perverse pleasure in singing the original lyrics. Why? I don't know. Normally I'd take the opposite stance. After all, I am a devotee of Weird Al Yankovic, so as a matter of course I sing parodied lyrics to all the songs I recognize that he has done instead of the original lyrics. Yet here I am singing the original lyrics to a tune that has been adopted and pressed into service for religious means.

I feel only slightly guilty for doing so, and I mean only slightly. The song, after all, was not meant for religious purposes, and I find it truly amusing to use it for its intended purposes. The question I struggle with, and why I struggle with it is probably dumb, but is it wrong to sing "Edelweiss" to the tune of "Edelweiss"?

After last Sunday it may be a moot point. After I confessed to a couple of people what I was singing, that particular song was pulled from the service. How dumb is it that I would even stress over that???