Over The River And Through The Woods
Nursery Rhyme Over The River And Through The Woods with Lyrics and Music
Over The River And Through The Woods is a traditional, American folk song and nursery rhyme that is often used for Thanksgiving day. The song from 1844 is actually often called "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day".
But this nursery rhyme can also the year round, not only for Thanksgiving. Some people use it for Christmas.
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Don't you remember the "Over The River And Through The Woods" tune? You can listen to it at the bottom of this page...
Over The River And Through The Woods - Lyrics
Over the river, and through the wood,
To Grandmother's (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,
To Grandmother's (Grandfather's) house away!
We would not stop for doll or top,
For it's Thanksgiving Day!
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,
And straight through the barnyard gate,
We seem to go extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!
Over the river, and through the woods,
When Grandmother (Grandfather) sees us come,
She (he) will say;
O, dear, the children are here,
Bring a pie for everyone!
Over the river, and through the woods,
Now Grandmother's (Grandfather's) cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
To Grandmother's (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,
To Grandmother's (Grandfather's) house away!
We would not stop for doll or top,
For it's Thanksgiving Day!
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,
And straight through the barnyard gate,
We seem to go extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!
Over the river, and through the woods,
When Grandmother (Grandfather) sees us come,
She (he) will say;
O, dear, the children are here,
Bring a pie for everyone!
Over the river, and through the woods,
Now Grandmother's (Grandfather's) cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
Over The River And Through The Woods Music/Video
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