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"Thanks For Food"
       
     
"Thanks For Food"
 
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"Thanks for Food" Lyrics, Text Format



Introducing dynamic symbols for crescendo and decrescendo.

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Description
 
  • Grade: First

  • Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: ABAb

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta ti ti |

  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re, Mi\Do, Re\La, So/Do

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tempo: reverently/solemn respect; dynamics: crescendo (become gradually louder), decrescendo (become gradually softer)

  • Key Words: sacred, God, Giver, thankful, Thanksgiving, hungry, beasts, birds, without, thought, whence, food, gift, prayer, blessing

 

"Thanks For Food"

The hungry beasts and birds may eat
Without a thought of thanks for food,
But we who know whence came the gift
Thanks God the Giver good.

 

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