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New Year's Song 1921 Parker

🔔✨[Lyrics below] This song about the old and the new year was published in 1921:60 in "The Progressive Music Series: Book 3" by Parker, Horatio W. (Horatio William), 1863-1919 (https://archive.org/details/progressi.... The composer was C. Meister. The lyricist was Kate Louise Brown. The illustration is an old postcard. We see the white haired, weary Old Year leaving, and the New Year, young and fresh, waiting to bestow is with joys and gifts. "The New Year Crowned with golden locks" I consider this expression to be a metaphore for the new opportunities that any new year brings. However, it might also be connected to folklore and superstition of older times. For, when I was a little girl, I was told that it was of the utmost importance that the first person that physically came across the threshold in The New Year was a person with "golden locks", because this would give "good luck" throughout the year. If it was a dark-haired person, it would be considered a bad omen. This might be an old Norwegian superstition, or it might be an old English one, one that my mum had learned when she lived and worked in Great Britain as a young woman during the 1930s. It certainly created some chaos and shuffling when relatives and neighbors visited, like they always did during the Christmas season. They were stopped in the doorway and sorted by hair colour, so that the first person entering was blond (-ish). The thought of this reminds me of the old fairy tale sentence: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" We picked the blondest in the doorway to cross the doorstep first, and how strange and unfair I always thought that was! All due to an old superstition of uncertain provenance... Here are the words: Calm is the winter's night, Stars in the heavens bright Shine cold and clear. Who seeks the midnight gate, Wandering far and late? No longer can he wait, Weary old year. White is the ancient head, Heavy his solemn tread; Partings are near. Well has he served us all, Well may we fondly call, "Blessings upon thee fall, Faithful Old Year." Who, crowned in golden locks, Now at the portal knocks, Bringing good cheer? "Open, my friend, and see, I have great gifts for thee; Open and welcome me, Happy New Year." Repeat first verse. *** Mine norske sangbøker for barn / My Norwegian Song Books for Kids: Du kan bestille her / You may order here: 1. Ta min hånd https://share.google/vrajSQMLgGzUWm5dT 2. Rundsanger og kanon https://share.google/uWylCjqCN9xZelaQ3 #carolsongnew #carolsongnew #christmascaroling #songsofwinter #wintersongsforkids #snowsong #nurseryrhymesong #nurseryrhymesongsforkids #nurseryrhymesongfortoddlers #rhymesongs #sweetlullabiesforbabies #sweetbabylullabies #lullabyforsleep #bedtimesongsforkids #cradlessong #sleepsongsforchildren #sleepsongforbabies #sleepsongs