Thanks Be to God (Grace)

DESCRIPTION: "Thanks be to god who gave us this blessing, Thanks be to god who gave us this bread, Thanks be to god the spirit eternal Thanks be to god forever."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 261, "Thanks Be to God" (notes only)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Windy" (tune, according to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
NOTES [38 words]: The version of this that I managed to find has "god" and "spirit" in lower case -- highly unusual usages in Christian works -- but I'm leaving it as an artifact, perhaps, of the sloppy editing that goes into camp song booklets. - RBW
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File: ACSF261G

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