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- (Posted 2018-11-05) CPDL #51715:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-05). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 86 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the Novello edition on IMSLP.
General Information
Title: The Harvest-tide Thanksgiving
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Samuel Childs Clarke
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anglican chant
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 204, p. 124
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Original text and translations
 English text
1 Great Giver of all good, to Thee again
We humbly now present, in joyous strain,
Our Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
2 To Thee, in whom we live and move, we come
To praise Thee for the sheaves brought safely home,
With Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
3 Thou dost prepare our corn, and year by year
Before Thine altar, Lord, will we appear
With Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
4 Thine was the former and the latter rain,
Enriching earth, and calling forth again
The Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
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5 Thou openest wide, Great God,Thy bounteous hand,
And far and wide ascends from all the land
Glad Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
6 Thou fillest all that live with plenteousness;
They, in return, Thy sacred name should bless
In Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
7 Thy clouds drop fatness on the teeming earth,
Accept these festal songs of "reverent mirth,"
This Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
8 The year is crown'd with goodness, Lord, by Thee
Then meet it is that aye should offer'd be
The Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
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9 On every side the little hills rejoice,
On every side sounds forth the grateful voice
Of Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
10 The valleys, thick with corn, do laugh and sing
Let all, who sow and reap, together bring
Their Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
11 For all the blessings, Lord, Thy mercy gave,
Praise we with this best member that we have
In Harvest-tide Thanksgiving.
12 To Thee, O Trinity in Unity,
All glory, laud and endless homage be
In Harvest-tide Thanksgiving. Amen.
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