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NEW-YEAR SONG.
There's a New Year coming, coming
Out of some beautiful sphere,
His baby-eyes bright
With hope and delight:
We welcome you, Happy New Year!
Out of some beautiful sphere,
His baby-eyes bright
With hope and delight:
We welcome you, Happy New Year!
There 's an Old Year going, going
Away in the winter drear;
His beard is like snow,
And his footsteps are slow:
Good by to you, weary Old Year!
Away in the winter drear;
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And his footsteps are slow:
Good by to you, weary Old Year!
The New Year comes smiling, smiling,
While the Old Year hastens away,
Unwilling to be
The one sorrow to see,
In a world so enchanting and gay.
While the Old Year hastens away,
Unwilling to be
The one sorrow to see,
In a world so enchanting and gay.
The Old Year goes sighing, sighing;
Once he was a baby Year;
His welcome was glad;
But his farewell is sad;
He has nothing to stay for here.
Once he was a baby Year;
His welcome was glad;
But his farewell is sad;
He has nothing to stay for here.
There is always a New Year coming;
There is always an Old Year to go;
And never a tear
Drops the happy New Year,
As he scatters his gifts on the snow.
There is always an Old Year to go;
And never a tear
Drops the happy New Year,
As he scatters his gifts on the snow.
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