Auld Lang Syne

"Should auld [1] 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 [2] your pint-stowp [3]!
And surely I’ll be mine !
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We twa [4] hae [5] run about the braes [6],
and pou’d [7] the gowans [8] fine ;
But we’ve wander’d mony [9] a weary fit [10],
sin’ [11] auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We twa hae paidl’d [12] in the burn [13],
frae [14] morning sun till dine [15] ;
But seas between us braid [16] hae roar’d
sin’ auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere [17] !
And gies [18] a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie-waught [19],
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS"

(Robert Burns, Songs from Robert Burns)

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[1] old

[2] buy

[3] cup

[4] two

[5] have

[6] hills

[7] pulled

[8] daisies

[9] many

[10] foot

[11] since

[12] paddled

[13] stream

[14] from

[15] dinner

[16] broad

[17] friend

[18] give

[19] good-will-draught