Miss Jacobson's Music: THANKSGIVING SONGS

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day will soon be here

It comes around but once a year

If I could only have my way,

We'd have Thanksgiving every day

Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth by Currier and Ives

President George Washington's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Issued, October 3, 1789

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed
Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863,

supposedly as a response to a campaign
organized by magazine editor Sara Joseph
Hale. In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
moved Thanksgiving Day forward one week,

as it is presently celebrated.

The Pilgrims Came

The Pilgrims came across the sea,

And never thought of you and me;

And yet it's very strange the way

We think of them Thanksgiving day.

We tell their story, old and true

Of how they sailed across the blue,

And found a new land to be free

And built their homes quite near the sea.

Every child knows well the tale

Of how they bravely turned the sail

And journeyed many a day and night,

To worship God as they thought right.

~Author Unknown.~

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Come Ye Thankful People, Come

Instrumental with Lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66AqQz9qBWQ

Thanksgiving

The year has turned its circle,

The seasons come and go.

The harvest all is gathered in

And chilly north winds blow.

Orchards have shared their treasures,

The fields, their yellow grain,

So open wide the doorway ---

Thanksgiving comes again!

~Old Rhyme.~

We Gather Together

We Gather Together

Instrumental

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3RbJk4TvI0

WE GATHER TOGETHER:
A PARODY
WE GATHER TOGETHER
TO ASK THE LORD'S BLESSING
FOR TURKEY AND DRESSING
AND CRANBERRY SAUCE.
IT WAS SLIGHTLY DISTRESSING
BUT NOW WE'RE CONVALESCING
SO SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME
AND FORGET NOT TO FLOSS.

OUR NEAREST AND DEAREST
WE DON'T WANT CONFESSING
IT'S SORT OF DEPRESSING
TO HAVE THEM SO NEAR.
OUR FEELINGS SUPPRESSING
FOR LIGHTLY ACQUIESCING
AND PERFECTLY PROFESSING
WE'RE GLAD THEY WERE HERE.

WE GATHERED TOGETHER
AND GOT THE LORD'S BLESSING
OF COURSE WE'RE JUST GUESSING
'CAUSE HOW CAN YOU TELL?
OUR STOMACH'S ARE BLOATING
OUR KIDNEYS NEARLY FLOATING
HELLOS ARE VERY NICE
BUT GOODBYES CAN BE SWELL
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'Twas the Night of Thanksgiving'
Twas the night of Thanksgiving,
But I just couldn't sleep.
I tried counting backwards,
I tried counting sheep

The leftovers beckoned ---
The dark meat and white,
But I fought the temptation
with all of my might.

Tossing and turning
with anticipation
The thought of a snack
became infatuation.

So I raced to the kitchen,
Flung open the door,
And gazed at the fridge
full of goodies galore.

I gobbled up turkey
and buttered potatoes,
Pickles and carrots,
beans and tomatoes.

I felt myself swelling
so plump and so round,
Till all of a sudden,
I rose off the ground !!

I crashed through the ceiling.
Floating into the sky....
With a mouthful of pudding
and a handful of pie,

But I managed to yell
as I soared past the trees ...
HAPPY EATING TO ALL !!
PASS THE CRANBERRIES PLEASE !!