{"id":27263,"date":"2012-11-24T00:09:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T08:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=27263"},"modified":"2012-11-24T00:09:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T08:09:32","slug":"over-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/27263","title":{"rendered":"Over the River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tOver the river, and through the wood<\/em><\/p>\n

To _____________ we go!<\/em><\/p>\n

The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh<\/em><\/p>\n

Through the white and drifted snow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Gnadenalm via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood<\/em><\/p>\n

To ________________ away … <\/em><\/p>\n

We would not stop for doll or top,<\/em><\/p>\n

For ’tis Thanksgiving Day.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo by Rlevse (Skip The Teddy Bear) [CC-BY-SA-2.0) via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, how the wind does blow!<\/em><\/p>\n

It stings the toes and bites the nose<\/em><\/p>\n

As over the ground we go.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo by Terry Korte (CC-BY-SA-2.5) via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood<\/em><\/p>\n

With a clear blue winter sky!<\/em><\/p>\n

The dogs do bark and the children hark,<\/em><\/p>\n

As we go jingling by.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Painting by Albert M\u00fcller-Lingke (1844\u20131930) via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood,<\/em><\/p>\n

And straight through the barnyard gate!<\/em><\/p>\n

We seem to go extremely slow,<\/em><\/p>\n

It is so hard to wait!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo by Mary and Angus Hogg (CC-BY-SA-2.0) via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Now\u00a0_____________ cap I spy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?<\/em><\/p>\n

Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Over the river, and through the wood<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

To have a first-rate play.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hear the bells ring, “Ting-a-ling-ding!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!<\/em><\/p>\n

I guess you noticed \u2026<\/p>\n

I left this Thanksgiving classic\u00a0for you to plug in the name of your home\/farm\/street.<\/p>\n

“Over the River and Through the Wood” is a song that has become so much a part of our cultural consciousness that we hardly stop to ponder who penned it.<\/p>\n

But, let’s give credit where it’s due.<\/p>\n

In fact, this romping rhyme was originally written as a poem called “The New-England Boy\u2019s Song about Thanksgiving Day” by renowned abolitionist and women’s rights activist Lydia Maria Child<\/a>. The poem was included in her 1844 collection, Flowers for Children.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Child wrote the poem, among many other works for children and adults, to celebrate memories of visiting her own grandfather’s house for Thanksgiving festivities.<\/p>\n

To read the full poem, visit Poem of the Day<\/a>. It is followed by another of Child’s poems called, “The World I Am Passing Through.”\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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