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Giving Thanks

For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the homes that with purest affection are blest,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the "Land of the Free" --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

~Author Unknown

85 posted on 11/26/2003 11:15:12 PM PST by JustAmy (God Bless and Protect Our Military. God Bless America!)
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To: JustAmy; All
Happy Thanksgiving!
86 posted on 11/26/2003 11:16:28 PM PST by JohnHuang2 (< -- As Neanderthal as they come)
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To Grandmother's House We Go

Over the river and through the wood
To Grandmother's house we go.
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through white and drifted snow.

Over the river and through the wood
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 wood
To have a first-rate play.
Hear the bells ring,
Ting-a-ling-ling!
Hurrah forThanksgiving Day!

Over the river and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground
Like a hunting hound,
For this is Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river and through the wood,
And straight through the barnyard gate.
We seem to go
Extremely slow~
It is so hard to wait!

Over the river and through the wood~
Now Grandmother's cap I spy!
Hurrah for fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

By Linda Maria Child

87 posted on 11/26/2003 11:30:24 PM PST by JustAmy (God Bless and Protect Our Military. God Bless America!)
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To: JustAmy
Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you so much for the beautiful poems and all!
90 posted on 11/26/2003 11:52:06 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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DH and I just found this picture. LOL Poor President Bush! He can't win for losing. He tries to do something nice for a Turkey then he has to go do something like this in public???? The nerve!


99 posted on 11/27/2003 5:38:53 AM PST by SpookBrat
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To: JustAmy
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
130 posted on 11/27/2003 1:00:57 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Conservative by nature... Republican by spirit... Patriot by heart... AND... ANTI-Liberal by GOD!)
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To: JustAmy
Thanks for the ping

Hope you're having a great Thanksgiving
146 posted on 11/27/2003 7:21:01 PM PST by firewalk
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