For Health and Strength

DESCRIPTION: A table grace. "For health and strength and daily bread We praise your/thy name, O Lord."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (GirlScouts-SingTogether)
KEYWORDS: religious food nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 442, "For Health and Strength" (notes only)
GirlScouts-SingTogether p. 30, "For Health and Strength" (1 text, 1 tune, plus French and Spanish translations)
SongsOfManyNations, "Round of Thanks" (1 text, 1 tune) (CC edition, p. 66) (12th edition, p. 57)
NOTES [22 words]: I doubt any ever sung this outside of a camp, but Averill cites it so many times (87) that I suppose its existence has to be noted. - RBW
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File: ACSF442F

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