For Auld Lang Syne

Skippy, Paddy Boy, Vinny B. in days of Auld Lang Syne (August 2000)

I've been in touch with some old friends lately-- for instance, me ol' pal Paddy Boy, above-- and that got me a-singin' Auld Lang Syne.

But after the first line of the song, I kinda petered out. So I looked it up on these here Internets. It's Scottish! (And if it's not Scottish, it's crap!) And no, "Auld Lang Syne" doesn't actually mean "August 2000"... It means "times gone by." Hey, why not learn all the verses?

Auld Lang Syne:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And days of auld lang syne?

Chorus (repeated between stanzas):

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne.

And surely ye'll be your pint stoop

And surely I'll be mine

And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne.

[Chorus]

We twa hae run about the braes

And pou'd the gowans fine

But we've wander'd mony a weary foot

Sin' auld lang syne.

[Chorus]

We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn

Frae mornin' sun till dine

But seas between us braid hae roared

Sin' auld lang syne.

[Chorus]

And here's a hand, my trusty fiere

And gi'e's a hand o' thine

And we'll tak a right good willy waught

For auld lang syne.

[Chorus]

(If you're keeping track, I got this version of the song from this website.)