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New Year, a Ballad by Cicely Fox Smith Sung by Larry Kaplan

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Rick SpilmanJanuary 1, 2023

Happy New Year to all!  Here is a poem by Cicely Fox Smith, from Full Sail: More Sea Songs and Ballads, sung as a ballad by Larry Kaplan.

New Year by Cicely Fox Smith

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