Here We Go Again!

CARRY ON TUESDAY

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The words in blue are from Helen Hunt-Jackson's poem 'New Year's Morning'

HERE WE GO AGAIN! 

Only a night from old to new!

Now we begin again!

One sleep and the subtle magic

Of 'eleven' replacing 'ten'.

It was always so momentous...

New Year when I was young!

 I still recall the frisson

When Auld Lang Syne was sung.

It all felt so historic!

I was living in stirring times!

The year departing enthralled me....

Its triumphs and its crimes.

New Year was something special.

I felt myself reborn;

The whole wide world, along with me,

Transformed by a new dawn.

But I have found, in a lengthy life,

That the old year and the new

Will resemble each other, inasmuch

As we'll all just 'muddle through'.

No doubt there will be achievements;

No doubt there will be much pain;

The weather, politics and wars....

All just 'here we go again!'

New Year Resolutions

Will be broken as soon as made,

We'll stagger on, still imperfect,

As memories of last year fade.

So I just choose to celebrate

Those moments of happiness

Which I know will enrich this New Year

Amid all the muddle and mess!

I hope it wont be hell on earth

And it certainly wont be heaven!

We'll muddle through to twenty-twelve!

Hallo twenty-eleven!

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JANUARY 1ST 1945.

Written when  was fourteen years old!

This-morning rose 11 a.m.,

'Tis late I must agree,

But owing to the fact I saw 

The New Year in, you see.

The day  was fine;

I rushed next-doors

(That's when I'd brushed my hair)

And helped to make mince-pies, tarts, cakes

And trifles creamy fair.

The evening dawned;

I dressed with speed,

Washed arms and legs and face;

I wore my pink frock; round the neck

Are daisies made of lace.

At party had a lovely time;

Some records played by Frank.

The twelve of us, nine girls, three boys,

Year's health in lemon drank.

B.M. not there! We played some games;

It all went with a swing.

We all went home at 12 o'clock

After we'd had a sing.

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