X:53
T: Thanksgiving
C: music: Jessie L. Gaynor
C: words: J. L. G.
T: Used by permission.
T: "Songs of the Child World."--John Church Co.
%R: air, waltz
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays.
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Bar 14 has an odd G "grace note" for "Thanks-" in verse 3, which ABC can't represent accurately.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/053%3DThanksgiving-V2.abc	 2024-11-23 233710 UT
K: Eb
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V: 1
B3 =A _A G | F4 E2 | E3 D ^C D | c6 | c3 B =A _A |
w: 1.~Swing the shin-ing sick-le,  Cut the rip-ened grain,     Flash it in the
w: 2.~Pick the ro-sy ap-ples,      Pack a-way with care,       Gath-er in the
w: 3.~Loud-ly blows the north-wind Thro' the shiv-'ring trees, Bare are all the
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G4 F2 | F3 E D E | B6 | B3 =A _A G | F4 E2 |
w: sun-light,  Swing it once a-gain.    Tie the gold-en grain-heads
w: corn-ears,  Gleam-ing ev-'ry-where.  Now the fruits are gath-ered,
w: branch-es,  Fall-en all the leaves.  Gath-ered is the har-vest
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G3 F =E F | c6 | c3 d e d | B2 B G G B & x2 B2 x x | G4 F2 | E4 z2 |]
w: In-to shin-ing sheaves, Beau-ti-ful their col-ors* As the au-tumn leaves.
w: All the grains are in,  Nuts are in the at-tic,*   Corn is in the bin.
w: For an-oth-er year,     Now our day of glad-ness,  Thanks-giv-ing Day, is here.
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V: 2 brace=2 staves=2
B3 =A_AG & z2 [E2B,2] [E2B,2] | F4 E2 & z2 [B,2G,2][B,2G,2] | E3 D^CD & z2 [B,2A,2] z2 | c6 & z2 [A2D2] [A2D2] | c3 B=A_A & z2 [A2D2] D2 |
G4 F2 & z2 [D2A,2] [D2A,2] | F3 EDE & z2 [B,2G,2] [B,2G,2] | B6 & z2 [G2E2B,2] [G2E2B,2] | B3 =A_AG & z2 [E2B,2] [E2B,2] | F4 E2 & z2 [B,2G,2] [B,2G,2] |
G3 F=EF & z2 [C2A,2] [C2A,2] | c6 & z2 [A2F2C2] [A2F2C2] | c3 ded  & z2 [_G2E2] [G2E2] | c2 B2 GB & z2 [=G2E2] [E2B,2] | G4 F2 & z2 [D2A,2] [D2A,2] | [E4B,4G,4] z2 |]
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V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
E6 | G6 | F6 | [B6B,6] | F6 |
[B6B,6] | E6 | G6 | E6 | G6 |
A6 | F6 | =A6 | B6 | B,6 | e2 E2 z2 |]
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%% In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation appointing the last Thursday of November as a day of
%% thanks-giving and prayer. Up to this time the custom had been strictly confined to the will of the
%% governors of the respective states, with the exception of Washington's administration. Since 1863,
%% every president of the United States has appointed the last Thursday of November as a National day
%% of Thanksgiving, and nearly all governors of the states have followed with proclamations for their
%% respective states.
%%endtext
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