And if anyone would sooner sing the line from the Lord of the Dance

"The Men of God, they said it was a shame"

to avoid any possible misunderstanding, I doubt very much if Sydney Carter would have had any objection. He didn't regard his words as final and sacrosanct - in reference to this very song he wrote "Sometimes for a change I sing the whole song in the present tense 'I dance in the orning when the wolrd is begun...' It's worth a try."