Elijah, 15.

"Thanks Be to God"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

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Thanks, thanks be to God! The stor - my bil - lows are

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Thanks be to God! He lav - eth the thirs - ty

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God! He laves the thirs - ty land, Thanks

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Thanks be to God, to God!

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Thanks be to God! Thanks to

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God, thanks be to God,

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God! Thanks be to God! The

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