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Three Cheers for the Year That Was

I would like to share my last Chapel talk for the year, in the form of a poem: 

Three cheers for the year that was

Good bye, good riddance, pip-pip

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind?

No play

No friends

No easy amends

It’s been a year of stoic upends


Adios, toodle-oo, so long 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne?

No singing

No get togethers

No swimming with pals

It’s been a year of strange rationals


Ciao, see you later, adieu 

For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne

No fun

No movies

No popcorn to throw

It’s been a year of traveling slow


Farewell, sayonara, safe travels

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne

No beach

No ball

No courts to compete

It’s been a year of endless defeat


Au-revoir, ta-ta, peace out

For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne

No more masks

No more distance

No more temperature checks

We’re done with these uncertain treks


No more virtual

No more hybrid

No more weird requests

We’re done with these Covid tests


Bye-bye, Godspeed, Cheerio

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne

Let’s jump

Let’s play

Let’s throw it away


Let’s shoot

Let’s sing 

Let’s laugh and swim

Let’s gather together and depart for fair weather


Toodeloo, hooroo, later dude 

For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne


We can’t say we’re not sorry to see you go

We’re done with you and that heavy woe

Don’t let the door hit you... as you go


Three cheers for the year that was

Hip-hip hooray

Hip-hip hooray

Hip-hip, hip-hip, hip-hip hooray


Three cheers for the year that was


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