“Oh, hear the bells ringing, ‘Ting-a-ling-ling!,’ for it’s Thanksgiving Day.”

If your holiday gathering could use a festive sing-along, here’s a good one for you.

“Over The River And Through The Woods” – guitar, vocal and arrangement by me.

Ready? Ah one, two, three…

Over the river and through the woods, to Grandfather’s house we go;

The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh, through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river and through the woods, oh, how the wind does blow!

It stings the toes and bites the nose as over the ground we go.

Over the river and through the woods, to have a full day of play;

Oh, hear the bells ringing, “Ting-a-ling-ling!,” for it’s Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river and through the woods, trot fast my dapple gray;

Spring over the ground just like a hound for this is Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river and through the woods and straight through the barnyard gate.

It seems that we go so dreadfully slow, it is so hard to wait.

Over the river and through the woods, now Grandmother’s cap I spy.

Hurrah for fun, the pudding’s done, hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

The words to “Over The River And Through The Woods” are from the poem “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day” by Lydia Maria Child and originally published in 1844.

The song was originally published in 1897, composer unknown.

If you’d like to learn more about Lydia Maria Child and hear a fingerstyle acoustic guitar arrangement of “Over The River…,” check out my post of November 24, 2016.

Finally, a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from all of us at sixstr stories.