 Thank you for calling dial a story presented by the office of children's services San Francisco Public Library This week on Thursday. We celebrate Thanksgiving Day The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated more than 350 years ago when the first settlers the pilgrims Were thankful for their good harvest The Native Americans had taught the settlers how to grow their crops and so together they celebrated the first Thanksgiving And now here is a traditional Thanksgiving song called over the river and through the wood by Lydia Maria child as You listen to the jingling bells picture a family riding in a sleigh pulled by horses through the deep snow on their way to share a Thanksgiving Day with their grandparents Over the river and through the woods to grandmother'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 grandfather's house away We would not stop for da or top for two Thanksgiving days Over the river and through the wood. Oh how the wind does blow It sings the toes and bites the nose as over the ground we go Over the river and through the wood with a clear blue winter sky The dogs to bark and children heart as we go jingling by Over the river and through the wood to have a first great play Hear the bells ring tingling ding her offer 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 snow Over the river and through the wood to see little John and Anne We will kiss them all and play snowball and stay as long as we can Over the river and through the wood drop past my deathful grave Spring over the home like a hunting home 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. Oh daughter. Here's our bell. He shakes his paw with a loud bow Wow, and that's the news he tells Over the river and through the wood now grandmother's cap I buy her offer the fun It's a pudding done her offer the pumpkin pie What are some things for which you are thankful? We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving day. Goodbye