Best wishes to all for the new year.
…done right for a change
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I’ll be mine,
And we’ll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou’d the gowans fine,
But we’ve wander’d monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl’d in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne.
And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie’s a hand o thine,
And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
It feels like a weekend, even though it’s only mid-week, so what the hell, right?
A somewhat older pop song, but one that I still love because of the quirky lyrics…
“A long December, and there’s reason to believe,
Maybe this year will be better than the last.”
http://youtu.be/1D5PtyrewSs
Counting Crows – A Long December
Happy New Year…,
and my wishes for you all…, and the world…, is for peace and prosperity for all…,
along with good health and happiness…,
but most of all, I hope…,
that no one goes into this year with an Empty Heart
From me to you via Josh Ritter.
1.I’ve always associated this with the laughing holiday New Year’s Eves of my childhood .I can not find Jo Stafford so….
Early Ella Fitzgerald, “I’ll see you in my dreams”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHT3ppE7aw
on the other hand…..
2.U2’s New Year’s Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adDZ2-Y9_s
3. some traditional Irish melancholy for the death of the old year
Liam Clancy: The Parting Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU53roJajlU
like this Jo Stafford?
Yes, that Jo Stafford (but singing “I’ll see you in my dreams”) 🙂
( I see you have found a way to continue the Scots meme…….I guess after “Brigadoon” “the gloaming” was fair game as a phrase for a while.)