The Riverside song book/The Old Year and the New

by John Godfrey Saxe

Layout 2

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

John Godfrey Saxe. J. M. Sayles.

(Air: Beautiful Star.)

1. Good - by, Old Year! I can but say,

2. Good - by, Old Year! O lit - tle in - deed

3. Good - by, Old Year! with words of grace

Sad - ly I see thee pass - ing a - way;

Thy friend-ly voice we were wont to heed;

Leave us with him who takes thy place; And

Pass - ing a - way with the hopes and fears, The

Tell - ing us, warn- ing us ev - 'ry day!

say, Old Year, un - to the new,

bliss and pain, the smiles and tears, That

Tran - sient mor - tals! work and pray;

Kind - ly, care - ful - ly, car - ry them through. For

come to us in all the years,

You, like me are pass - ing a - way.

much, I ween, they have yet to do.

Chorus.

Good-by, Old Year, . . . I can but say, . . .

Good-by, Old Year, I can but say,

Sad - ly I see thee pass - ing, pass - ing a - way.