John Godfrey Saxe, The Riverside song book — The Old Year and the New (1893)
“ Sad - ly I see thee pass - ing a - way; Thy friend-ly voice we were wont to heed; Leave us with him who takes thy place; And Pass - ing a - way with the hopes and fears, The Tell - ing us, warn- ing us ev - 'ry day! say, Old Year, un - to the new, bliss and pain, the smiles and tears, That Tran - sient mor - tals! work and pray; Kind - ly, care - ful - ly, car - ry them through. For come to us in all the years, You, like me are pass - ing a - way. ”
