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Show THE FIRST THANKSGIVING There is a time in each year That we hold so dear, It's the good old Thanksgiving time. The good old custom started When the Pilgrim fathers harvested har-vested Their first crops in a foreign clime. For when the pilgrims landed They were nearly stranded, For there was little left on hand, But after their first Thanksgiving They had no more misgiving About the bli-KsiiiL's of this land. They gave thanks to their Creator, For the good things, groat and small, Gave praise and adoration, To the giver of them all. When we think ' of the frigid winters Of that New England shore, And the blistering heat of sum- ; mer That the Pilgrims did endure, And we with every comfort of j home, j And of life secure, 1 We should give more thanks unto , our Maker Than the Pilgrims did of yore, j Praise God from whom all bless- j ings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here; below, j Thanks and praise our lips employ, em-ploy, For all the riches we enjoy. F.dward Heathr ! r . |