Thanksgiving will be upon us soon and we sing traditional holiday songs at our Thanksgiving dinner.Here are the words to one of our favorites...
Oh a lone pumpkin grew on a green pumpkin vine.
He was round
he was fat
he was yellow.
"No silly jack-o-lantern shall I make," he said.
"I'm determined to become a useful fellow."
So he raised up his head
when the cook came around
and at once he was chosen the winner.
His fondest wish came true
he was proud pumpkin pie
and the glory of the great thanksgiving dinner...
For the glory of the jack is in the lantern
as he sits up on the gatepost oh so high;
and the glory of the turkey is the drumstick
but the glory of the pumpkin is the pie.
Here's a YouTube 2009 home video of the song -- we don't know the folks -- it sounds like our familiar melody and we heartily endorse it.
Every year throughout my childhood we also sang this sweet song on Thanmsgiving. My mother even wrote a little story about it.
ReplyDeleteI sing this every time I put my granddaughter to bed at night. My dad used to sing this to me during Halloween about 50 years ago. :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful memories. My mom sang this to us every holiday season. I sang it to my kids and now my grandkids. ❤❤
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