Auld Lang Syne
Robert Burns, 1788
Burns’s song in Scots about remembering old friends and old times, sung around the world at the turn of the New Year.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,And never brought to min’?Should auld acquaintance be forgot,And days o’ lang syne?
Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear,For auld lang syne,We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,For auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,And pu’d the gowans fine,But we’ve wander’d mony a weary footSin auld lang syne.For auld, &c.
We twa hae paidl’t i’ the burn,From mornin sun till dine;But seas between us braid hae roar’dSin auld lang syne.For auld, &c.
And here’s a hand, my trusty fiere,And gie’s a hand o’ thine;And we’ll tak a right guid willie-waught,For auld lang syne.For auld, &c.
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,And surely I’ll be mine;And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yetFor auld lang syne.For auld, &c.