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)

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