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Modah Ani, © 2014
This is the first thing that Jewish people say when we wake in the morning, thank you for the gift of being alive!

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Modah Ani © Joanie Calem November 5, 2014
Chorus:
When I wake in the morning, (echo) At the dawn of day, (echo)
Thank you, thank you, (echo) Is what I say, (echo)
מודה אני , (echo) Modah Ani
וגם מודה אתה, (echo) V’gam modeh atah
לקום כל בוקר, (echo) L’kum kol boker
עם שיר חדש , (echo) Im shir hadash

Thank you thank you for the rain, for the clouds that soak the plain,
Thank you thank you for the sun on the land.
Thank you thank you for the earth, for the miracle of birth,
Thank you thank you for the work of our hands.

When I wake in the morning, (echo) At the dawn of day, (echo)
Thank you, thank you, (echo) Is what I say, (echo)
מודה אני, (echo) Modeh Ani
וגם את מודה, (echo) V’gam At modah
לקום כל בוקר, (echo) L’kum kol boker
עם שיר חדש , (echo) Im shir hadash

Thank you thank you for the skies, for the trees and all that flies
Thank you thank for the changing autumn leaves.
Thank you thank you for the seas, for the creatures swimming free,
Thank you thank you for the love you’ve given me.

When I wake in the morning, (echo) At the dawn of day, (echo)
Thank you, thank you, (echo) Is what I say, (echo)
מודה אני , (echo) Modah Ani
וגם מודה אתה, (echo) V’gam modeh atah
לקום כל בוקר, (echo) L’kum kol boker
עם שיר חדש , (echo) Im shir hadash

Thank you thank you for the night, for the moon and stars so bright
Thank you thank you for the quiet fog and gray.
For a rainbow to appear we need sun and rain both here
Thank you thank you for all kinds of days.

When I wake in the morning, (echo) At the dawn of day, (echo)
Thank you, thank you, (echo) Is what I say, (echo)
מודה אני, (echo) Modeh Ani
וגם את מודה, (echo) V’gam At modah
לקום כל בוקר, (echo) L’kum kol boker
עם שיר חדש , (echo) Im shir hadash

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from Sharim V'Rokdim! Singing and Dancing on Every Day and Holidays, released May 28, 2021

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Joanie Calem Columbus, Ohio

Joanie Calem is a folk musician, singer/song-writer, storyteller and inclusion advocate for audiences of all ages. Joanie writes songs and sings about life's different twists and turns, angles and perspectives, telling stories through her songs of the ups and downs of reality. She performs regularly at festivals, retirement homes, shelters, libraries and schools throughout the US and abroad. ... more

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