• Filled with family, friends and food, the Thanksgiving holiday and its beauty can often be aided by a song. This page features links to boost the festive spirit of the season: a mix of Thanksgiving songs and music inspired by and about the holiday.

• 1. Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday in November
  2. Many Thanksgiving songs celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday spirit of gratitude for blessings in life
  3. Hymns often directly offer thanks to God for bringing friends and family together to share the holiday
  4. The melody of one of the oldest traditional Thanksgiving hymns, "We Gather Together," dates back to 1597The Wall Street Journal: A Hymn's Long Journey Home (November 19, 2005)
  5. "We Gather Together" has an uplifting message of overcoming obstacles; originally written about religious persecutionThe Wall Street Journal: A Hymn's Long Journey Home (November 19, 2005)

• "We Gather Together" Lyrics Excerpt

  • We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
  • He chastens and hastens his will to make known;
  • The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
  • Sing praises to his name: He forgets not his own.
  • We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
  • And pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
  • Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
  • Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!Thanksgiving November: "We Gather Together"

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