Grace Before Meat at Hampton

DESCRIPTION: "Thou art great and Thou art good, And we thank Thee for this food; By Thy hand we must be fed, Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 179, "Grace Before Meat at Hampton" (1 text, 1 tune; p. 143 in the 1901 edition)
Roud #15285
File: Dett179

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