Some people watch football games on Thanksgiving Day. I don't, but one tradition I've established is to play "The Big Clown Balloons" right beore the parade. That always puts me in the happiest mood, and revives so many wonderful memories of our beloved theatre.
I thought it might be nice to think of some other show songs that can help get us into the spirit of the occasion.
We Sail the Seas (Ben Franklin in Paris) Turkey Lurkey Time (Promises, Promises) The Thank You Song (Maggie Flynn) Plenty of Pennsylvania (Plain and Fancy) Bless This Land (Tenderloin) This Cornucopian Land (Cry for Us All) Here's to Us (Little Me)
And from the last-named,
"Here's to us, for all that we have And the road that we've traveled so far."
There's also a rock opera called "Plymouth Rock" that deals a bit with the Pilgrims arriving in Plymouth, though it doesn't really touch on thanksgiving all that much. It might be because that whole aspect of the story is debatable. It's on itunes.
I've always been partial to "I'm Here" from The Color Purple. Maybe it does not technically meet the definition of a Thanksgiving Song but the lyric...
...I'm thankful for every day that I'm given, both the easy and hard ones I'm living...
The perfect lyric to convey the very Thanksgiving concept of Thankfulness.
caveat: some of these are only subjectively Thanksgivingy
"So Many People" SATURDAY NIGHT "A Hundred Million Miracles" FLOWER DRUM SONG "So Far" ALLEGRO "My Favorite Things" and "Something Good" THE SOUND OF MUSIC "Chanson" THE BAKER'S WIFE "I Belong Here" THE GRAND TOUR "My Heart is So Full of You," "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance," and "Warm All Over" THE MOST HAPPY FELLA "No Cure Like Travel" ANYTHING GOES "All Good Gifts" GODSPELL "I've Got Plenty of Nuttin'" PORGY AND BESS "I Got Rhythm" GIRL CRAZY "I've Got the Sun in the Mornin' and the Moon at Night" ANNIE GET YOUR GUN "Here I'll Stay" LOVE LIFE "Sleepy Man" THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM "Things Are Looking Up" A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS "I Miss You Old Friend" DREAMGIRLS
What's more Thanksgiving-y than cornucopias? So I nominate: "I too have a cornu- Copia of imperfections..." from LOVE WILL SEE US THROUGH, from FOLLIES.
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Posted: 11/21/12 at 08:48am