For me, part of folk process is getting rid of these lumpy, unsingable clumps of consonants

If they are unsingable how have the songs' lyrics survived unchanged for generations?

Granted many words in the English language present problems for those people with a different language background (and Americans ), but part of becoming assimilated into a new home is learning the language. Doing it in song would seem like an ideal opportunity for the church to help with education.