Need to change email on Apple ID and don't want to lose all my purchases!

I am trying to get iCloud set up but have an issue with my apple ID.  Somehow I managed to get two separate IDs.  My original ID, which has all my itunes etc on it is associated with my old email which used to forward to my current email, but no longer.  Presumably, when I realized the emails were no longer being forwarded, I clearly messed up and made a NEW id with my new email account.  In order to verify my apple ID for icloud, they want to send an email to the address that no longer exists!  I don't want to synch everything to the new email account because there's nothing there.  Is there a way to get everything onto my new email--either cancel it and start fresh or link the accounts?  Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

As I said,
If they are still available from the App store you can redownload them by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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