How to correctly sing Auld Lang Syne

Posted by on Dec 31, 2010 in Blogging, Music | 2 comments

Every year, people sort of hum Auld Lang Syne as the ball drops. Every year, you don’t have to.

Music and lyrics:

Just the lyrics, courtesy of Wikipedia:

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 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.

CHORUS

We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu’d the gowans fine ;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn,
frae morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
and gie’s a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

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  • http://twitter.com/virtuallyjm Janice Mitchell

    Well, having read the words, I need someone to translate Auld Lang Syne. Off to Google…

  • http://pharmastrategyblog.com maverickny

    As a native of the fair Isles, I don’t think Wikipedia is quite accurate – the first verse ends ‘days of auld lang syne’ and we always say, ‘my dear’ not ‘my jo’.

    Here’s the more common version…

    Auld Lang Syne

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    And never brought to mind?
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    And days o’ 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!

    We twa hae run about the braes,
    And pu’d the gowans fine,
    But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot
    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,
    And gie’s a hand o’ thine,
    And we’ll tak a right guid willie-waught
    For auld lang syne!

    And surely ye’ll be your pint’ stoup,
    And surely I’ll be mine!
    And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
    For auld lang syne!