| For the food we eat |
| (Tune: Kum By Yah) |
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| For the food we eat we thank you. |
| For the friends we meet kind and true. |
| For your loving care all day through, |
| O Lord, we thank you. |
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| For health and strength |
| (Sung as a round) |
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| For health and strength and daily food |
| We praise your name O Lord. |
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| Mealtime is here |
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| Mealtime is here, |
| The board is spread. |
| Thanks be to God |
| Who gives us bread. |
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| For health and strength |
| (Tune: Brother James' Air) |
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| For health and strength and daily food we praise Thy name, O Lord. |
| In this our camp and all our days |
| Thy presence be adored. |
| We praise Thy name, |
| We praise Thy name, |
| We praise Thy name, O Lord. |
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| Be present at our table Lord |
| (Tune: Hernando's Hideaway) |
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| Be present at our table Lord. |
| Be here and ev'rywhere adored. |
| His mercies bless and grant that we |
| May learn to live in harmony. |
| Amen! |
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| The birds up in the tree top |
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| The birds up in the tree top sing their song, |
| The angels join in chorus loud and long. |
| The flowers in the hedgerow lend their hue, |
| So why shouldn't I, |
| Why shouldn't I |
| Praise Him too? |
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| Alternatively... |
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| The birds upon the treetops sing their song. |
| The angels chant their chorus all day long. |
| The flowers in the garden blend their hue. |
| So why shouldn't I, why shouldn't you praise Him too? |
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| Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks |
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| Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks |
| To the Lord above give thanks, |
| Thanks for food and daily living, |
| Thanks, thanks. Amen. |
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