Grace that anyone can sing
It is a Guiding tradition to express thankfulness for a meal - particularly at camp.
The Tune for each grace is in brackets - search youtube if you are unsure
(Twinkle, twinkle little star) Thank you for the food we eat, Thank you for the friends we meet. Thank you for our Guiding days As we learn in fun-filled ways. All our best we’ll try to do As we promised to be true. (Addams Family) We’re thirsty and we’re hungry, We want to fill our tummy, This food is really yummy, So thank you very much! We've filled our plates and dishes With food that is delicious And all we really wish is To thank you very much! (Give me a home among the gum trees) Thank you for all the gum trees The sun and fresh breeze The grass outside and the garden wide The food upon our plate The water in our cups And the friendship that we share (Old Grey Mare) Join with us, we are a Guiding family, Jump up on our family tree, We’ll fill you with energy. We hold hands to form a world of harmony, We’ll be sister Guides. (The more we are together) Grazie means thank you, means thank you, means thank you. Grazie means thank you, Grazie to you. For good food and good friends and feelings that don't end, Grazie means thank you, Grazie to you. [Italian – Grazie, Indonesian - Ma Kasih, Chinese – Xie Xie, French – Merci, Aboriginal (Kutthung Dialect) – Murromboo] (Fire's Burning) We are thankful, we are thankful For friendships, for friendships And for good food, and for good food And hands that prepared it. |
(Simple Gifts)
We’re thankful for our evening meal For fun and for friends and for the happiness we feel. Bless our Guiding with love we pray, Strength for tomorrow and each new day. (Kum ba yah) For the food we eat, we thank you. For the friends we meet, kind and true. For the fun we share, all day through. Thank you, oh we thank you. (Kookaburra) Guides come and join in a grace with me, Thankful for all that we can see, Food, friends and fun and food, Heaps to go around won’t you agree? (Edelweiss) Bless our friends, bless our food, Come, my friend, and sit with us. May our talk glow with peace, May love and comfort surround us. (Ten little fingers) 10 little, 9 little, 8 little thank yous, 7 little, 6 little, 5 little thank yous, 4 little, 3 little, 2 little thank yous, 1 little thank you for our food. 1 little, 2 little, 3 little thank yous. 4 little, 5 little, 6 little thank yous. 7 little, 8 little, 9 little thank yous. 10 little thank yous for our food. (Jingle Bells) Bless this day, bless this food, Bless us everyone, Guide us as we go our way And fill our day with fun. HEY Bless this day, bless this food, Camp is really great, This food looks really yummy yum And I can hardly wait HEY |