Thanksgiving

We give thanks for us together, for fair traveling weather

And this bounty we’ll soon share, we give thanks for us today.

For our health, for the wealth

All friends that care

For our meal, For the love we feel

Wrapped in this warm home

We give thanks for the memories, And all of our families

And pray for the alone and forgotten, we give thanks for us today

For  our dreams, for our hopes

And so many goals

For the earth, our land of birth

To the heaven’s stars above

We give thanks to those departed, To them we owe our debt

And pray for their brave souls, we give thanks for them today

For the trees, flowers, bees

And the evening sun

For partners new and old

Through whine or shine

We give thanks for us together, For harvests of treasures  

Now a bounty we can share, we give thanks

we give thanks, we give thanks, today

 Thanksgiving  Co Write- Nick Nichols & Dave Schipper (c) 2022 Rose Riversongs

I was asked to put the following to music, and made the poem into a part A & B with Nick's approval.  I'm pursuing better vocalists to sign the song, but here's what it sounds like.

Here is the original poem.

Thanksgiving 2014 - by Nick Nichols

I give thanks for us together

For fair traveling weather

And this bounty we’re soon to share

I give thanks for our health

I give thanks for the wealth

Of our family and friends that care

I give thanks for our meal

For the love that we feel

Wrapped warm in this good solid home

I give thanks for the memories

And all of the families

And pray no one is forgotten and alone

I give thanks for dreams

And for hope as ethereal as it may seem

And so many unattainable goals

I give thanks to those gone ahead

To them I owe my debt

Those ancestors such brave and wonderful souls

I give thanks to the earth

And the land of my birth

To the stars and the heavens above

I give thanks to the trees

The flowers and the bees

And the warmth of an evening sun

I give thanks for my life

I give thanks for my wife

And try so hard not to whine

I give thanks for a soft shoulder

Even as I grow older

I give thanks for my little bit of time

I give thanks for my devotion

And my extreme emotions

And patience and forgiveness too

I give thanks that I’m here

Freedoms ring is so clear

I give thanks that I’m red, white and blue

I give thanks for I have all I need

I’m blessed so blessed indeed

So I give thanks

I give thanks

I give thanks