Auld Lang Syne - Do You Know The Words?

Every New Year's Eve at 12 O'clock midnight, we celebrate and welcome the new year, and say goodbye to the old. I never memorized more that the first two verses, but there are five. In Scotland where Old Lang Syne originates, it is also celebrated on January 25th, on Burn's night, to celebrate the author's life. Their own Robert Burns, born in Alloway. He wrote about their culture in a charming way. They called him the 'peasant-poet'.

Written by: Robert Burns

1st verse

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

2nd verse:

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

3rd verse:

We twa hae run about the braes

And pu'd the gowans fine

But we've wandered mony a weary fit

Sin' auld lang syne

4th:

We twa hae paidled i' the burn

Frae morning sun till dine

But seas between us braid hae roared

Sin' auld lang syne

5th:

And there's a hand, my trusty fiere

And gie's a hand o' thine

And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught

For auld lang syne

(repeat chorus after every verse)