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You know the "Grandma Song" Cartman and his mom sing.... now here's the actual sheet music for this song! I also added my own chords to make the song more sense if you like. You can play this song on piano or keyboard or whatever.

South Park:
"Over the River and Through the Wood" is sung by Eric Cartman and Liane Cartman in the Season Two episode, "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!".

Eric Cartman and his mother sing this song to pass the time on the road trip to visit Mabel Cartman. Eric refers to the song as "The Grandma Song". Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Stan Marsh are less enthusiastic about the song.

ORIGINAL:
"Over the River and Through the Wood" is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child, originally published in 1844 in Flowers for Children, Volume 2.

Although many people sing "to grandmother's house we go", the author's original words were "to grandfather's house we go". Moreover, in modern American English, most people use the word woods rather than wood in reference to a forest, and sing the song accordingly.

The poem was originally published as "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day" in Child's Flowers for Children. It celebrates the author's childhood memories of visiting her grandfather's house (said to be the Paul Curtis House). Lydia Maria Child was a novelist, journalist, teacher, and poet who wrote extensively about the need to eliminate slavery.

The poem was eventually set to a tune by an unknown composer. The song version is sometimes presented with lines about Christmas, rather than Thanksgiving. For instance, the line "Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!" becomes "Hurrah for Christmas Day!" As a Christmas song, it has been recorded as "A Merry Christmas at Grandmother's". Although the modern Thanksgiving holiday is not always associated with snow (snow in late November occasionally occurs in the northern states and is rare at best elsewhere in the United States), New England in the early 19th century was enduring the Little Ice Age, a colder era with earlier winters.

Boston College writes: "Starting with the familiar line, "Over the river and through the wood", this poem is easily Child’s most famous work. Child never revised the poem herself, but the verses changed over time, especially when they were set to music. With its bouncing rhythms and high spirits, the poem draws on the writer’s childhood memories of visiting her grandfather’s house on Thanksgiving. Having gained notoriety for her ideas about race, Child kept her antislavery ideals out of this volume in an effort to avoid controversy and boost sales. Flowers for Children contains only two stories involving race, and they both avoid addressing racial prejudice head on. In this nostalgic poem, Child takes us back to the simple pleasures of a family holiday."

Sheet music from "Spotlight on Music, Grade 4" (McGraw-Hill)

Original music: www.youtube.com/watch?app=desk… (credit to Alexis Burrows on YouTube) (Arrangement: Howard Baer; Performers: California Kids (Sean Williams; director)) (Note: The children's voices sing the words "Thanksgiving Day" in place of "Christmas Day")

Description
You know the "Grandma Song" Cartman and his mom sing.... now here's the actual sheet music for this song! I also added my own chords to make the song more sense if you like. You can play this song on piano or keyboard or whatever.

South Park:
"Over the River and Through the Wood" is sung by Eric Cartman and Liane Cartman in the Season Two episode, "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!".

Eric Cartman and his mother sing this song to pass the time on the road trip to visit Mabel Cartman. Eric refers to the song as "The Grandma Song". Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Stan Marsh are less enthusiastic about the song.

ORIGINAL:
"Over the River and Through the Wood" is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child, originally published in 1844 in Flowers for Children, Volume 2.

Although many people sing "to grandmother's house we go", the author's original words were "to grandfather's house we go". Moreover, in modern American English, most people use the word woods rather than wood in reference to a forest, and sing the song accordingly.

The poem was originally published as "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day" in Child's Flowers for Children. It celebrates the author's childhood memories of visiting her grandfather's house (said to be the Paul Curtis House). Lydia Maria Child was a novelist, journalist, teacher, and poet who wrote extensively about the need to eliminate slavery.

The poem was eventually set to a tune by an unknown composer. The song version is sometimes presented with lines about Christmas, rather than Thanksgiving. For instance, the line "Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!" becomes "Hurrah for Christmas Day!" As a Christmas song, it has been recorded as "A Merry Christmas at Grandmother's". Although the modern Thanksgiving holiday is not always associated with snow (snow in late November occasionally occurs in the northern states and is rare at best elsewhere in the United States), New England in the early 19th century was enduring the Little Ice Age, a colder era with earlier winters.

Boston College writes: "Starting with the familiar line, "Over the river and through the wood", this poem is easily Child’s most famous work. Child never revised the poem herself, but the verses changed over time, especially when they were set to music. With its bouncing rhythms and high spirits, the poem draws on the writer’s childhood memories of visiting her grandfather’s house on Thanksgiving. Having gained notoriety for her ideas about race, Child kept her antislavery ideals out of this volume in an effort to avoid controversy and boost sales. Flowers for Children contains only two stories involving race, and they both avoid addressing racial prejudice head on. In this nostalgic poem, Child takes us back to the simple pleasures of a family holiday."

Sheet music from "Spotlight on Music, Grade 4" (McGraw-Hill)

Original music: www.youtube.com/watch?app=desk… (credit to Alexis Burrows on YouTube) (Arrangement: Howard Baer; Performers: California Kids (Sean Williams; director)) (Note: The children's voices sing the words "Thanksgiving Day" in place of "Christmas Day")