Thanksgiving Day Lyrics

Thanksgiving Day

It started long ago, so very long ago

By some men giving thanks, as they huddled in the snow

Frobisher's crew knelt in prayer before salt beef and peas they

Ate

In the Canadian Arctic that fall, in fifteen seventy eight

From England to Baffin Island, hoping they would find

A passage through to Asia, and gold that could be mined

It started long ago, so very long ago

By some men giving thanks, as they huddled in the snow

Surviving a perilous journey, through iceburgs and rough seas

These hearty English explorers, gave thanks on bended knees

That's our first Thanksgiving, now we celebrate each year

When colourful leaves of Autumn give a festive atmosphere

It started long ago, so very long ago

By some men giving thanks, as they huddled in the snow

Now a tradition and a holiday each year

Second Monday in October, Thanksgiving Day is here

Today we celebrate the harvest that feeds us through the year

Eating turkey dinner and pumkin pie, with those we hold dear

So let's give thanks for all we have, food, family and friends

Not forgetting those less fortunate, whose life on us depends

Because It started long ago, so very long ago

By those men giving thanks, as they huddled in the snow

Yes that's our first Thanksgiving, now every year

Second Monday in October, Thanksgiving Day is here

Second Monday in October, Thanksgiving Day is here

Thanksgiving Day is here