Auld Lang Syne

Melody - Seq. by Barry Taylor

Robert Burns, 1788; French text

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And auld 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.
2. And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
Chorus:
3. We twa hae run about the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,
Sin' auld lang syne.
Chorus:
4. We two hae paidled i' the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
Chorus:
5. And here's a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak' a right gude-willy waught,
For auld lang syne.
Chorus:

This song is usually attributed to Robert Burns, but was not composed by him, for he says expressly in a letter to Thomson, It is the old song of the olden times, which has never been in print ... I took it down from an old man's singing. In another letter he says, Light be the turf on the heaven-inspired poet who composed this glorious fragment. Nothing whatever is known of the author of the words; the composer is wholly unknown. This version is the one Burns transcribed.

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