“How Can We Thank You?” SA & String Quartet

“How Can We Thank You?”  complete perusal PDF and mp3 available now here:  http://www.choralmelodies.com/SA.php

 

SA & string quartet, ~5 min., easy.  Lyrics (hybrid of original lyrics and an old Irish blessing):

 

All good things someday must end, we know the saying well,

And now the time has come to say a sad farewell.

May love and laughter light your days,

And warm your heart and warm your home,

May good and faithful friends be yours

Wherever you may roam.

 

Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your care,

Thank you for your smile, your willingness to share.

We will remember you, we will remember you,

We will remember, remember you our whole lives through.

 

[brief intermezzo] 

We must say goodbye now

To one we treasure,

We can’t measure

All the ways you touched each of our lives.

 

Oh, how can we thank you for all that you have done

To help us on our way?

Oh, how can we show you our gratitude?

What more can we say?

 

May peace and plenty bless your world

With joy that ever long endures,

May all of life’s passing seasons

Bring the best to you (to you) and to yours.