Next week we USA folks celebrate Thanksgiving by eating lots of turkey, pumpkin pie, etc. Besides having so much good food to eat, a roof over your head and warm clothes to wear, what are you thankful for? I have so much! Thanks to my Ko-Fi supporters: Janet Chung, Joey Gillan and Lucy Tan!
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"Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart" was written in 1978 by Henry Smith. The song was his only published worship song out of 300 unpublished compositions. It was written after Smith had trouble finding work after graduating from university. He also suffered from a degenerative condition that eventually left him legally blind. While at his church in Williamsburg, Virginia, his pastor inspired him with a reference to how Jesus made himself poor to make others rich through him. When Smith started performing the song in church, a visiting United States Military officer took the song to Europe, from where its popularity spread. In 1986, Integrity Music published the song on their Hosanna! Music audio cassette but credited it as "author unknown". Later that year, Don Moen released the song on his Give Thanks album. Smith contacted Integrity to inform them of his authorship and they said that they had been attempting to track him down. As a result, Smith signed a writer-publisher agreement with Integrity for distribution rights to the song. source: Wikipedia

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This arrangement for violin and piano is also available for clarinet and piano and can be found at: [ Ссылка ]
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Clarinet and piano performance with Brett Jones and myself: [ Ссылка ]
Sheet music for this arrangement will be available at:
"Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich"
Because of what the Lord has done for us."
Lyrics and music by Henry Smith
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