Songbook/Auld Lang Syne


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Source: Melody from Auld_Lang_Syne, chords from File:Auld_Lang_Syne.jpg, text from Auld_Lang_Syne.

Source: Ludwig van Beethoven, 12 Scottish Songs, WoO 156, song 11, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[n.d.[1865]]. Plate B.260.


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 * verse 1


 * 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 dear


 * For auld lang  syne


 * We'll take a cup o' kindness yet


 * For auld  lang  syne


 * verse 2


 * We twa hae run a-  bout the braes


 * And pou'd the gowans  fine


 * But we've wander'd mony a  weary fitt


 * Sin' auld  lang  syne.


 * chorus


 * verse 3


 * We twa hae paidl'd  in the burn


 * Frae morning sun till  dine


 * But  seas between us  braid hae roar'd


 * Sin' auld  lang  syne.


 * chorus


 * verse 4


 * And there's a hand, my  trusty feire ( = frend)


 * And gie's a hand o'  thine


 * And we'll tak a  right gude ( or: willie waught


 * For auld  lang  syne.


 * chorus


 * verse 5


 * 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.

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