{"id":4258,"date":"2010-11-23T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/a-thanksgiving-hymn.html"},"modified":"2010-11-23T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:23:00","slug":"a-thanksgiving-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/a-thanksgiving-hymn.html","title":{"rendered":"A Thanksgiving Hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Churches have some thanksgiving hymns, but outside of church the only song I ever heard growing up was Over the River and Through the Woods<\/em>.\u00a0 We used to sing it in most of the grades during music class right about this time of year. No music accompaniment here.\u00a0 Sorry, just the lyrics.\u00a0 Perhaps it will bring back memories for the older folks, and the younger ones will wonder what it had to do with anything, since according to my boys they mostly\u00a0know this from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood,<\/dd>\n
To Grandfather\u2019s house we go;<\/dd>\n
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh<\/dd>\n
through the white and drifted snow.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Over the river, and through the wood\u2014<\/dd>\n
Oh, how the wind does blow!<\/dd>\n
It stings the toes and bites the nose<\/dd>\n
As over the ground we go.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Over the river, and through the wood,<\/dd>\n
To have a first-rate play.<\/dd>\n
Hear the bells ring, \u201cTing-a-ling-ding\u201d,<\/dd>\n
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Over the river, and through the wood<\/dd>\n
Trot fast, my dapple-gray!<\/dd>\n
Spring over the ground like a hunting-hound,<\/dd>\n
For this is Thanksgiving Day.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\n
Over the river, and through the wood\u2014<\/dd>\n
And straight through the barnyard gate,<\/dd>\n
We seem to go extremely slow,<\/dd>\n
It is so hard to wait!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Over the river, and through the wood\u2014<\/dd>\n
Now Grandmother\u2019s cap I spy!<\/dd>\n
Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?<\/dd>\n
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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