New years Eve; went down to a party of friends and musicians in Conshohocken PA (Indian name) about 50 miles away, played Southern and Northern tunes, sang Carter Family songs. Broke 15' before midnight and assembled in the living room. The host, about a decade ago, suggested that at midnight that the song of choice ought not to be Auld Lang Syne but instead hard Times, Come Again no More, which we all sang, from the heart. Home safely, and then to bed.