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Today is...
New Year's
Resolutions
by
Bruce
Lansky
Last year I did
some rotten things.
This year I will
be better.
Here are some
resolutions
I will follow to
the letter:
I won't make dumb
excuses
when my homework
isn't done;
when the truth is
that I did no work
'cause I was
having fun.
I won't fly paper
airplanes
when the teacher
isn't looking.
I won't sneak in
the kitchen
just to taste what
they are cooking.
I will not twist
the silverware
to see how far it
bends.
I will not take
the candy bars
from lunch bags of
my friends.
I will not
skateboard down the hall
or skateboard down
the stairs.
I won't run over
teachers,
and I won't crash
into chairs.
I will not do
these rotten things;
my heart is full
of sorrow.
But I have got
some brand-new tricks
to
try in school tomorrow
January
Little January
Tapped at my door today.
And said, "Put on your winter
wraps,
And come outdoors to play."
Little January
Is always full of fun;
Today we coasted down the hill,
Until the set of sun.
Little January
Will stay a month with me
And we will have such jolly times-
Just come along and see.
Winifred C. Marshall
AULD LANG SYNE
The song,
"Auld
Lang Syne," playing in the background, is sung at the
stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the
world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert
Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in 1796 after Burns' death.
Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns
to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, "Auld Lang Syne"
literally means "old long ago," or simply, "the good old days." The
lyrics can be found
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