Thanksgiving Is Coming
Thanksgiving is coming, I wonder if I
Will get a big piece of brown pumpkin pie?
Perhaps I’ll have sweet juicy mince pie instead,
And a big bowl of raisins and fat apples red.
“Do have my plum pudding,” my grandma will say;
She always makes pudding for Thanksgiving Day.
But first I’ll see turkey, breast up, on a platter,
I wonder if this year he’s bigger and fatter?
When asked if I’d rather have dark meat or white
I’ll say, “Some of both,” for that’s being polite!
Next potatoes, all mashed up with gravy on top.
I’ll eat every bit of it up till I stop,
And after I’ve eaten my dinner, why then
My grandma will pass the plum pudding again!
By Elsie Melchert Fowler
Elsie Melchert Fowler was born on 24 May 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. She was married to Myron Marshall Fowler (1876 - 1957). She became a writer for magazines and newspapers, and a poet. Some of her poems have been set to song and heard in radio broadcasts. Elsie Melchert Fowler passed on at 85 years of age on 18 May 1966.
Thanksgiving is coming, I wonder if I
Will get a big piece of brown pumpkin pie?
Perhaps I’ll have sweet juicy mince pie instead,
And a big bowl of raisins and fat apples red.
“Do have my plum pudding,” my grandma will say;
She always makes pudding for Thanksgiving Day.
But first I’ll see turkey, breast up, on a platter,
I wonder if this year he’s bigger and fatter?
When asked if I’d rather have dark meat or white
I’ll say, “Some of both,” for that’s being polite!
Next potatoes, all mashed up with gravy on top.
I’ll eat every bit of it up till I stop,
And after I’ve eaten my dinner, why then
My grandma will pass the plum pudding again!
By Elsie Melchert Fowler
Elsie Melchert Fowler was born on 24 May 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. She was married to Myron Marshall Fowler (1876 - 1957). She became a writer for magazines and newspapers, and a poet. Some of her poems have been set to song and heard in radio broadcasts. Elsie Melchert Fowler passed on at 85 years of age on 18 May 1966.
