Auld Lang Syne

1. Should auld acquaintance be forgot
   And never brought to mind?
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
   And [auld]1 lang syne!

Refrain:
 For auld lang syne, my [jo]2,
   For auld lang syne,
 We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
   For auld lang syne.

2. 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.

(Refrain)

3. We twa hae run about the braes,
   And pa'd the gowans fine;
 But we've wander'd mony a weary foot,
   Sin' auld lang syne.

(Refrain)

4. We taw hae paidl'd in the burn,
   Frae morning sun till dine;
 But seas between us braid hae roar'd,
   Sin auld lang syne.

(Refrain)

5. And there 's a hand, my trusty fiere!
   And gie 's a hand o' thine!
 And we'll take a right gude-willie-waught,
   For auld lang syne.

(Refrain)

by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) , "Auld Lang Syne", op. 51 no. 10 (1902), published 1902 [voice and piano], from Tolv Folkeviser og Melodier fra fremmede Lande, no. 10.
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Auld Lang Syne", WoO. 156 (12 Scottish Songs) no. 11, G. 227 no. 11, published 1818, stanzas 1, the refrain, 3, 5. [vocal trio, piano]

by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Die alte gute Zeit", op. 55 no. 4 (1846) [SATB], from Fünf Lieder nach Robert Burns für gemischten Chor, no. 4.

GER German [singable] (G. Pertz)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Die alte gute Zeit

 Wer lenkt nicht gern den heitern Blick
 In die Vergangenheit,
 Wer denkt nicht alter Freundschaft gern
 Und alter guter Zeit?
 Im vollen Becher lebe sie,
 Die alte gute Zeit!

 Wir pflückten Blumen uns im Wald,
 Auf Rainen schmal und breit
 Und denken pilgermüde noch
 Der alten guten Zeit.
 Im vollen Becher lebe sie,
 Die alte gute Zeit!

 Wie freut' als Knaben uns am Bach
 Der muntern Welle Streit,
 Doch Meere brausten zwischen uns
 Seit jener goldnen Zeit.
 Im vollen Becher lebe sie,
 Die alte gute Zeit!

 Gib, Bruder, gib mir deine Hand,
 Die meine sieh' bereit!
 Ein Händedruck, ein froher Blick
 Der alten guten Zeit!
 Im vollen Becher lebe sie,
 Die alte gute Zeit!

by Wilhelm Gerhard

a text in English by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Die alte gute Zeit", op. 55 no. 4 (1846) [SATB], from Fünf Lieder nach Robert Burns für gemischten Chor, no. 4.

Date added to the website: 2004-06-30.