Early Jukebox: Looking Back and Forward

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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

Regrets and hope.

5 Replies to “Early Jukebox: Looking Back and Forward”

  1. 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

  2. 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.

    Empty Hearts

    So save all of your light for those who can’t sleep at night
    And who can’t even sing to their shadows
    Oh they ride into town and they throw the shots down
    And they save the last round for the windows

    Singing don’t let me into this year with an empty heart with an empty heart
    Don’t let me into this year with an empty heart

    I’m inside with my friends we build fires and pretend
    That the night could just bend on forever
    While outside in the frost are the wolves and the lost
    And we sing to the dogs or whoever

    Singing don’t let me into this year with an empty heart with an empty heart
    Don’t let me into this year with an empty heart

    There’s a friend that I have and for her I’ll go back
    You see all of these empties that I’m holding
    They’re too much for a man
    Empty arms, empty hands
    And she’ll know me by the sound of my hoping

    Singing don’t let me into this year with an empty heart With an empty heart
    Don’t let me into this year with an empty heart

  3. 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

      1. 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.)

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