BEST NEW YEAR - COMPLIMENTS OF THE BARD (AND ALL OF US)

BEST NEW YEAR

To all in NL spellbound stand:
Lang may yer big lum reek.*
Long life and warmth to hand,
Good health, and joy at peak.

We�re better blest than all the rest:
We�ve freedom and fresh air -
We�ve space, and room to quest.
Of those, make greatest care.

Not oppressed, perhaps ass-prest,
Bullets, we seldom fear -
We�re Royalty, it�s manifest,
So have the best New Year.

John Tuach
December 28, 2017


*   �long may your chimney smoke� - an old Scottish New Year greeting given with the symbolic gift of a lump of coal. With the gift of a birch junk, the greeting could become popular in NL.

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