by Robbie Burns
Happy New Year 2009!
For your convenience this New Year’s Eve, here is the full text of Burns’ beloved ode to past and present company.
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First verse and chorus
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
auld = old
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Second verse and chorus
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!
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Third verse and chorus
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu’d the gowans fine,
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot,
Sin auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Fourth verse and chorus
We twa hae paidl’d in the burn
Frae mornin’ sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Fifth (and final) verse and chorus
And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
For auld lang syne!
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Happy New Year 2009!
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