The Parting Glass
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When my son Akli'e' and I played Assassin's Creed Black Flag (Ã…ttelong na Bandera) together, we were both touched by the game's ending ballad, "Parting Glass," a famous Scottish farewell song. Even after I stopped playing it years ago, we still find ourselves singing to it in the car and referencing his favorite line from the song "for want of wit." Este uno gof ya-hu na huegon bideo. Ya hu hasso gi finakpo' annai makÃ¥nta este na kÃ¥nta, kulang tumÃ¥tanges yu'. Over the years when we sing this song, my kids and I eventually added in our own Chamoru lyrics for it. I've pasted them below. As I reflect back on the year that was 2019; the love, the pain and everything in between, this song was a beautiful way to bid it adios. ************************* The Parting Glass Of all the money there ere I had I spent it in good company Put todu i salape’ ni’ hu chule’ I manabok-hu hu gastÃ¥yi And all the harm that ere I