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715 | CPWI Hymnal#716 | 717 |
Text: | Once more, O Lord, we come to thee |
Author: | Gilbert Thompson |
Tune: | CLAUDIUS |
Composer: | Gottfried Wilhelm Fink, 1783-1846 |
1 Once more, O Lord, we come to thee,
to offer thanks and praise –
the harvest time has come again -
our grateful songs we raise.
Some fruits we bring have come from near,
some gifts from distant lands –
bananas, sugar, citrus, pears,
all offering from our hands.
2 We thank you, Lord, for sea and san,
which help our tourist trade –
for sunshine warm and summer rain
on isles where pirates preyed.
In songs we chant our gratitude;
for loved ones dear to us,
health, family, friends and multitudes
of gifts that earn our trust.
3 Today in our Caribbean land
once more we bring our praise –
thanks-giving time has come again:
our voices we shall raise.
Another year has come and gone;
we have been blessed once more –
the offering, which your people bring,
flow, from your boundless store.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Once more, O Lord, we come to thee |
Author: | Gilbert Thompson |
Meter: | C.M. D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | Sacraments and Other Occasions: Harvest |
Copyright: | Words by permission of the Church in the Province of the West Indies |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CLAUDIUS |
Composer: | Gottfried Wilhelm Fink, 1783-1846 (adapted) |
Meter: | C.M. D |
Key: | B♭ Major |