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Auld
Lang Syne
(Burns)
Should auld acquaintance be
forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
Chorus
For auld lang syne, my jo,
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.
We twa hae run about the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fitt,
Sin' auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl't in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine:
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
Andgie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willie waughs
For auld lang syne.
Robert Burns' International
song of parting "Auld Lang Syne" is appropriately the last
song from the edition of "The Rebel Ceilidh Song Book" edited
by the late Angus McGilliveray. It is intended that a reprint of this
splendid song book will be available for sale at the Annual National
Conference of the Scottish National Party in September.
However "Auld Lang Syne"
will not mark the end of the Scottish Song feature in "Flag in the
Wind", as from next week, Peter D Wright will start a new series
under the title "Sing A Sang At Least" - a title taken from
Robert Burns ;-
That I for poor auld Scotland's sake
Some useful plan or book could make
Or sing a sang at least .....
The series will include songs
popularised during the Scottish Folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s and
will commence with the great cornkister "Bogie's Bonnie Belle"
in next weeks "Flag in the Wind".
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