Singing Prayers

I was first introduced to singing prayers when I went to a summer camp called Summer’s Best Two Weeks.  We sang a breakfast prayer:  “Father we thank Thee for the-e night, and for the blesse-ed mor-orning light, for rest and food and lo-oving care, and all that makes the day so fair.”  We also sang a prayer at dinner:  “God bless America.”  I used to go to restaurants in the area and sing God Bless America loudly.  Then I was introduced by my in-laws to singing the doxology for a prayer:  “Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise him all ye creatures here below, praise him above ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.”   Then in Kenya I was introduced to a singing prayer based off of 2 Corinthians 13:14:  “May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God our Father, and the fellowship, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us forevermore and evermore and evermore Amen.”  We usually sing this prayer before meals.  There is also a prayer the kids have learned to sing:  “Lord we thank you, Lord we thank you,  for this food, for this food, and our many blessings, and our many blessings.  Amen, Amen.”  What are the advantages of singing prayers before meals?  Often meal prayers can be hurried:  “Good bread, good meat, good Lord, let’s eat.”  Not that that is always bad, but to add a singing prayer in a sense is to add some liturgy to our life.  Rote memory prayers are not the only ones we pray, but they can be good, especially if they root us in Christ.  That is why I like “May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. . . “  better than “God bless America. . . “  Jesus is my home, not America.  So what singing prayers do you know?  List them here for others to re-use and adapt for Christian families throughout the world.