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1844 poem by Lydia Maria Child

"The New-England Boy's Song well-nigh Thanksgiving Day",^{[1] [ii]} also known as "Over the River and Through the Wood", is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child,^[3] originally published in 1844 in Flowers for Children, Volume 2.^[4]

Although many people sing "to grandmother's house we become", the author'due south original words were "to grandfather's house we go".^[iv] Moreover, in modernistic American English, most people apply the word woods rather than wood in reference to a forest, and sing the song accordingly.

Background [edit]

The poem was originally published as "The New-England Boy's Vocal about Thanksgiving Solar day" in Child's Flowers for Children.^[5] It celebrates the author'south childhood memories of visiting her grandpa's business firm (said to exist the Paul Curtis House). Lydia Maria Child was a novelist, journalist, teacher, and poet who wrote extensively well-nigh the need to eliminate slavery.^{[half dozen]}

The poem was eventually set to a melody by an unknown composer. The song version is sometimes presented with lines nearly Christmas, rather than Thanksgiving. For example, the line "Hurrah for Thanksgiving Mean solar day!" becomes "Hurrah for Christmas Day!" As a Christmas song, information technology has been recorded as "A Merry Christmas at Grandmother'southward". Although the mod Thanksgiving vacation is not always associated with snowfall (snowfall in tardily November occasionally occurs in the northern states and is rare at all-time elsewhere in the United States), New England in the early 19th century was enduring the Little Ice Age, a colder era with earlier winters.^[seven]

Verse form [edit]

The original slice had twelve stanzas, though only 4 are typically included in the song. One stanza has the give-and-take that ends in the Yard sound rhyme with the give-and-take that ends in the N sound.

Over the river, and through the wood,
To Grandfather'due south house we go;
the horse knows the mode to comport the sleigh
through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river, and through the woods,
to Grandfather's firm away!
We would non stop for doll or top,
for 'tis Thanksgiving 24-hour interval.

Over the river, and through the wood—
oh, how the air current does blow!
It stings the toes and bites the olfactory organ
as over the ground nosotros go.

Over the river, and through the wood—
and straight through the barnyard gate,
We seem to go extremely deadening,
it is so hard to expect!

Over the river, and through the wood—
When Grandmother sees u.s. come,
She will say, "O, dear, the children are here,
bring a pie for everyone."

Over the river, and through the forest—
now Grandmother'southward cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

The following verses appear in a "long version":

Over the river, and through the wood,
with a articulate bluish winter sky,
The dogs do bark, and children hark,
as nosotros go jingling by.

Over the river, and through the wood,
to have a get-go-charge per unit play.
Hear the bells ring, "Ting-a-ling-ding!",
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river, and through the wood,
no matter for winds that blow;
Or if we get the sleigh upset
into a bank of snowfall

Over the river, and through the wood,
to run into footling John and Ann;
Nosotros will kiss them all, and play snow-ball
and stay as long equally we can.

Over the river, and through the wood,
trot fast, my dapple-gray!
Spring over the ground like a hunting-hound!
For 'tis Thanksgiving Twenty-four hour period.

Over the river, and through the woods,
One-time Jowler hears our bells.
He shakes his prisoner of war, with a loud bow-wow,^[1]
and thus the news he tells.

Legacy [edit]

A children's book, Over the River—A Turkey's Tale, recasts the poem as a humorous tale of a family of turkeys on their mode to a vegetarian Thanksgiving; the volume was written past Derek Anderson, and published by Simon & Schuster in 2005.^[eight]

Information technology is also the title of a young adult, historical fiction novel about a teenage pioneer crossing the wilderness with her young siblings in tow. The book, which features young adult heroine Caroline Darley, was written by author Brynna Williamson and was published by Stones in Clay Publishing^[9] in 2020.

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Mean solar day". Poetry Foundation.
2. ^ Doyne, Shannon (November 21, 2013). "'The New-England Male child's Song about Thanksgiving Day'". Poetry Pairing. The New York Times.
3. ^ "Lydia Maria Child". Wayland Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved November xx, 2014.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Lydia Maria Child and the Development of Children'south Literature". Boston College: bostonliteraryhistory,com. 2012. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
5. ^ Karcher, Carolyn 50. (1994). The Start Woman in the Democracy: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Kid. Durham, NC: Duke University Printing. p. 620. ISBN0822321637.
6. ^ Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Lydia Maria Child: Reformer, Speaker and Writer". Women's History. nigh.com. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
7. ^ "Timeline Centre Ages and Early Modern Menstruum - Environmental History Resources: The Little Ice Historic period (ca. 1300–1870)". Ecology History Resources. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015.
8. ^ Anderson, Derek (2005). Over the River—A Turkey'southward Tale . Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-0-689-87635-6.
9. ^ Williamson, Brynna (2020). Over the River and Through the Woods . Stones in Dirt publishing. ISBN978-1733709323.

External links [edit]

• Over the River and Through the Wood at About.com (updated October five, 2015; archived December 20, 2005 at [1])

rhodessubbeirie95.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_River_and_Through_the_Wood

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