The Thanksgiving Song - The Petersens (LIVE)

One of our favorite artists and songwriters is @benrector. We have seen him live more times than we can count and when he released this song last year, we knew we wanted to cover it. Thanks for continuing to put beautiful music in the world, Ben! For our friends across the world, Thanksgiving in the United States is always the fourth Thursday of November, and we celebrate it with some family traditions Thank you all for listening to and sharing our music this year! 3.6 million streams in 143 different countries on Spotify alone. We love being a part of your lives ►Buy or stream the album ►More songs of home: Take Me Home, Country Roads Back Home Again Moments ►Photo album: Fall in the Ozarks Grapes of Wreath Autumn colors Pumpkins in the City ----------------------- ►Useful links: YouTube About page Most asked questions Join our Patreon community Subscribe to our channel Sign up to our email list Get It Mama Fan Club Show and tour dates ►Social media: Instagram Facebook TikTok @petersenband Twitter Band members Go behind the scenes with @ThePetersenFamily ►This video: Vocals & fiddle: @katiepetersen Vocals & banjo: @EllenHaygood Harmony vocal & guitar: @mattpetersen4000 Harmony vocal & mandolin: @JuliannePetersen Bass: Karen Petersen Dobro: Emmett Franz Key moments: 0:01 instrumental 0:11 Katie 0:56 instrumental 1:06 Ellen 1:49 dobro 2:00 fiddle 3:02 instrumental 3:33 outro Venue: The Workshop at Finley Farms Johnny Morris and his family are pouring their hearts into preserving a collection of old buildings and bringing them into new use, with a museum, restaurant, cafe, event spaces and homegrown farm. The place is wonderful and this time we filmed in the retail area of The Workshop. Photo: Christmas lights Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen. Videography: Aaron Clark Audio: Troy Dixon Microphones: Ear Trumpet Labs ►LYRICS - The Thanksgiving Song Familiar highways Lined with leaves turned brown Making my way Back into my hometown Funny how this all looks different But it feels the same Like how life never stops changing But some things never change So fill your plate and fill your drink And fill this house with family The kind of love that all these years can’t wash away ’Cause the older that I get I see that life is short and bittersweet Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day Watching football Watching families grow The old kids’ table All have kids of their own Starting to see my grandfather In my nephew’s eyes Mom still can’t talk about him And not almost cry So fill your plate and fill your drink And fill this house with family The kind of love a thousand miles can’t wash away ’Cause the older that I get I see that life is short and bittersweet Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day So fill your plate and fill your drink Put your dishes in the kitchen sink And let the leftover year just wash away ’Cause we made it through, I do believe The longest year in history Thank God it’s Thanksgiving Day So fill your plate and fill your drink And fill this house with family The kind of love a thousand miles can’t wash away ’Cause the older that I get I see that life is short and bittersweet Thank God for this Thanksgiving Day Oh, thank God that it’s Thanksgiving, hmmm ►The Petersens: We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website Subscriber count: 607,505 #ThePetersens #LiveSessions04 #TheThanksgivingSong #Folk #BenRector #Cover #ThanksgivingSong #ThanksgivingMusic #ThanksgivingSongs #Thanksgiving #FinleyFarmsMO #TheWorkshop This song features on: #LiveSessions04