Auld lang syne

Auld lang syne

should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind
should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne

for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for the sake of auld lang syne

we twa hae ran aboot the braes
and pulled the gowans find
we’ve wandered monys a weary fit
since auld lang syne

for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for the sake of auld lang syne

we twa hae paddled in the burn
frae morning sun ’til dine
but seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne

aye and surely you’ll be your pint stowp
and surely I’ll be mine
we’ll tak a right gude-wilie waught
for the sake of auld lang syne

for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for the sake of auld lang syne

and here’s a hand, my trusty friend
and gie’s a hand of thine
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for auld lang syne

for auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
for auld lang syne
for auld lang syne

This text was originally published in the 1796 volume of The Scots musical museum (editor James Johnson):

Auld lang syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
  And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
  And auld lang syne!

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.

For auld...

We twa hae run about the braes,
  And pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fitt,
  Sin auld lang syne.

For auld...

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

For auld...

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

For auld...

source : No. 240 in Poems and songs of Robert Burns / edited by James Kinsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1968