Auld Lang Syne

Traditional Scottish?

Robert Burns claimed not to have written the song, but to have "taken it down" from an old man, and perhaps that's true. Most people attribute it to him anyway. This melody is by the Tannahill Weavers.

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We twa hae rin aboot the braes

And pu'd the gowans fine

We've wandered many's a weary fit

Since the days of auld lang syne

We twa hae paidled in the burn

Frae morning sun til dine

But seas between us brade hae roared

Since auld lang syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And never brought tae mind?

We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet

For the sake o' auld lang syne

So here's a hand, my trusty fiere

And gie's a hand o' thine

We'll drink a right gude willy waught

For the sake o' auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear

For auld lang syne

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne