Show I by Edgar A Guest TH THE E OLD YEAR I knew y yOu u when you were a a. a lad I Was Vas with you at your birth I was among the number glad To Tb welcome you to earth And now your months of strength have Sped And you are old and gray And here I stand beside your bed And wat watch h you slip away aYay I I Ive I've kept this watch for other years Who Vho came as brave as you t tIve Ive I've shared their laughter and their tears And learned to love them too And Aid some when I was 1 but ut a boy I never thought about about- Another year would bring me joy joyAs joyAs joyAs As soon as one went out Then I had many years to spend And lavish I I 1 could be And I had many a faithful friend To ro walk lifes life's road with me But friends and years are growing few And more and more I sigh I grieve more than I used to do doTo doTo doTo To see an old friend die I have outlived a round of years Ive I've seen them come and go But now more easily my tears f At pain Spain of parting flow For soon soon or late will come that year car Whose end I shall shaH not see The one that shall outlive me here I And say farewell to me i And so Old Oid Year to you OU farewell And now to greet the new 1 I know not what its page shall tell But I have smiled you through Id I'd keep you here for old times time's sake H Had d I the power to choOSe For Ol new fri friends now are re hard to make And old ld friends hark hard to lose S Copyright 1924 1924 Edgar Edga A. A Guest I i |