Song of Thanksgiving

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Composer
Malcolm Archer
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Thanksgiving Season After Pentecost Easter Day General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Psalm
136
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

SATB and Organ.  Text by John Milton, paraphrasing Psalm 136. Rhythmic and joyful with fun syncopations.  Also available as a unison anthem OR as an SAB setting.

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Lyrics

Let us with a gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercies ay endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of gods he is the Lord,
For his mercies ay endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

He the warm and golden sun
Causes in its course to run,
And the moon to shine at night,
'mid her starry sisters bright.

All things living he doth feed,
his full hand supplies their need.
For his mercies ay endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.