THE NEW YEAR

We've Holidays and happy days,
and memory days galore
And when we've toasted every one,
I offer just one more
So let us lift our glasses high,
and drink a silent toast
To the day, deep buried in each heart
that each one loves the most

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Here's wishing you more happiness
Than all my words can tell,
Not just alone for New Years Eve
But for all the year as well.

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Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine;
we've wander'd mony a weary foot
Sin' auld lang syne

We two hae paidled i' the burn,
Frae mornin' sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne

And here's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

by Robert Burns

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A New Years toast to love and laughter
and happily ever after

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A health to you,
A wealth to you,
And the best that life can give to you.

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LULLABY FOR JANUARY

O little new month
your song is new
Your song is ice
and snow and blue

O littlenew month
I love you so
I'll sing you to sleep
I'll sing you hello

I'll rock your cradle
I'll tell you a tale
I'll bring you a box
for your brand-new days
your brand-new days of dreams.

Patricia Hubbell

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RESOLUTIONS

In this new year
I'll be so good.
I'll do the things
I know I should.
I'll wash my hands
And comb my hair
And never tip back in my chair.
I'll be so kind to my little brother
And help my sister, father, and my mother.
In this new year
Will you be good
And do the things
You know you should?

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THE NEW YEAR

A brand New Year arrived last night;
It came while I was waiting.
But I did not hear the horns or shouts
Of people celebrating.
Because, you see, I fell asleep
Before the hour, when
The old year silently passed out
And the New Year entered in.
But I have a clean new calendar
Which hangs before my eyes
And every day that's listed
Will hold a new surprise.

Jane W. Krows

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