Auld Lang Syne

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.

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: For auld lang syne, etc. 

We twa hae mn about the braes 
And pou'd the gowans fine; 
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot 
Sin' auld lang syne.

Chorus: For auld lang syne, etc. 

-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:	For auld lang syne, etc. 

And here'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.

Chorus:	For auld lang syne, etc.

Auld Lang Syne
Described by Burns as 'a song of 
olden times, 
He wrote only two of the verses. 
The others are original, passed down 
from singing parent to listening child. 
Music was vital to Burns in capturing 
old songs and he taught himself to 
play the fiddle to enable him to pick 
out and record the tunes, which he did 
by noting down his fingering on paper. 
Many old folk-songs would have been lost 
to us.   The handclasp in the last 
verse is the emblem of brotherhood amongst 
men. What other song commands such universal 
homage worldwide? What gathering would be 
considered properly wound up without the 
rendering of Auld Lang Syne as a finale? 
And who, with Scottish blood in their veins, 
would welcome in a New Year without it?