<P> "The New - England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day", also known as "Over the River and Through the Wood", is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child, originally published in 1844 in Flowers for Children, Volume 2 . </P> <P> Although many people sing "to grandmother's house we go", the author's original words were "to grandfather's house we go". </P>

Thanksgiving songs over the river and through the woods