Over the River and Through the Wood

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"Over the River and Through the Wood" is a 19th-century American poem-turned-song that nostalgically celebrates a child's wintertime journey to visit family, often associated with Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Over the River and Through the Wood canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem
song
adaptedAs song
associatedWith American folk tradition
Christmas NERFINISHED
Thanksgiving NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance traditional American holiday song
genre Christmas song
Thanksgiving song
children's song
holiday song
intendedAudience children
families
language English
narrativeForm first-person
narrativePerspective child
originalMedium poetry
recurrence sung annually during holiday season
setting countryside
winter
theme childhood nostalgia
family visit
holidays
winter travel
timePeriod 19th century
tone joyful
nostalgic
usedAs educational song
seasonal song

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Lydia Maria Child notableWork Over the River and Through the Wood