Thanksgiving will be upon us soon and we sing traditional holiday songs at our Thanksgiving dinner.Here are the words to one of our favorites...
Oh a lone pumpkin grew on a green pumpkin vine.
He was round
he was fat
he was yellow.
"No silly jack-o-lantern shall I make," he said.
"I'm determined to become a useful fellow."
So he raised up his head
when the cook came around
and at once he was chosen the winner.
His fondest wish came true
he was proud pumpkin pie
and the glory of the great thanksgiving dinner...
For the glory of the jack is in the lantern
as he sits up on the gatepost oh so high;
and the glory of the turkey is the drumstick
but the glory of the pumpkin is the pie.
Here's a YouTube 2009 home video of the song -- we don't know the folks -- it sounds like our familiar melody and we heartily endorse it.
What tune did you use?
ReplyDeleteCant believe there are more folks out there with the song! Words slightly different than ours...but amazing. we have been singing the song on THanksgiving for over 60 years! the great singing Garofalo Family in NY and Charlotte!
ReplyDeletebeen looking for one of these lines for over 30 years... learned this song in Kindergarten. Thanks
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ReplyDeleteI learned this song at P.S. 108 in Brooklyn 60 years ago. I've never heard or seen it since. Thanks for posting it!
Arnie Matlin
I too learned this song in elementary school PS 35 Hollis, Queens, must has been 60 years ago. From time to time I remember it and sing i and no one has heard of it so glad to find this site
ReplyDeletelearned the Pumpkin Pie Song n PS 151 Queens from Mrs. Gertrude Prinzi and have been singing it before every Thanksgiving pumpkin pie since about 1965. Anyone else remember Mrs. P?
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