When the year is new, my dear,

When the year is new,

Let us make a promise here,

Little I and you,

Not to fall a-quarrelling

Over every tiny thing,

But sing and smile, smile and sing,

All the glad year through.

As the year goes by, my dear,

As the year goes by,

Let us keep our sky swept clear,

Little you and I.

Sweep up every cloudy scowl,

Every little thunder-growl,

And live and laugh, laugh and live,

’Neath a cloudless sky.

When the year is old, my dear,

When the year is old,

Let us never doubt or fear,

Though the days grow cold.

Loving thoughts are always warm;

Merry hearts know ne’er a storm.

Come ice and snow, so love’s dear glow

Turn all our gray to gold.