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I Thank You
Words & Music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 2023 BMI

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I Thank You

I thank you for my grandchildren
I thank you for their health
I thank you for the food we have
To eat upon the shelf
I thank you for each holiday
In my mother’s house
May there be nobody here
This year who does without

I thank you
I thank you
I thank you
I do

I thank you for my family
May they be free from pain
If they do, I pray that you
Will give them strength again
I thank you for the laughter
When I hear the children play
May they always know the joy
Of living every day

I thank you
I thank you
I thank you
I do

I thank you for the month of June
I thank you for the birch
I thank you for the seeds that grow
I thank you for Mother Earth
I thank you for the songs I sing
Filled with peace and joy
May this year be free from fear
For every girl and boy

I thank you
I thank you
I thank you
I do


I thank you for the wild rice
and for the winds that blow
I thank you for the sharp knife
for the grinding stone
I thank you for the recipe
for which I still have none
May all the children of this earth
have family to love

I thank you
I thank you
I thank you
I do

I thank you for the bells that ring
on this blest day
Filled with peace, may all wars cease
together we now pray
I thank you for this place of grace
in fellowship alone
May all the children of this earth
Have a place called home

I thank you
I thank you
I thank you
I do


Words & music by Larry Long

Written with youth from Naytahwaush, Minnesota in honor of Jean Accobee

Copyright Larry Long Publishing 2023 BMI

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from Songs for My Grandchildren, released July 16, 2023
Larry Long: Vocal & Guitar
Brett Huus: Sound & Mixing Engineer
Recorded at Sound Strations Audio | La Crosse, Wisconsin

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Larry Long Minneapolis, Minnesota

Larry Long is a chip off the old block of American hardwoods, a spoken
word poet, a singer-songwriter, rouser, seeker, storyteller and
conservationist. Well traveled across the world, wherever he
goes, he celebrates people and places in song.

Larry Long is a recipient of the prestigious In The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award for his work in forgotten communities.

www.larrylong.org
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