Lyr Add: Auld Lang Syne

Subject: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: GUEST,Oldtimer
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 11:38 PM

Still time to whip out your guitars and mandos and croon this obscure little Scottish tune that no one seems to truly know the meaning of or anything beyond verse one. So boys and girls here you go. If you're reading this in 2006, print it and save it for next year.
AULD LANG SYNE--Words adapated from a traditional song by Rabbie Burns (1759-96)

1.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 dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup of 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!

3.We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.

4.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.

5.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

Meanings: (becha didn't know them all)
auld lang syne - times gone by
be - pay for
braes - hills
braid - broad
burn - stream
dine - dinner time
fiere - friend
fit - foot
gowans - daisies
guid-willie waught - goodwill drink
monie - many
morning sun - noon
paidl't - paddled
pint-stowp - pint tankard
pou'd - pulled
twa - two

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Kaleea
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 11:53 PM

"ALL" may get you more than you might imagine. I'm betting that there are a few 'Catters who know tons more lyrics--parodies & add-ons.

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Muttley
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 05:29 AM

G'day 'oldtimer' and all others. The rendering of 'All the Lyrics' was a good one, but this version with (if one looks closely - the more 'correct' spellings - pu't instead of pou'd, mony instead of monie and stoup intead of stowp) are taken from my 1880's, leatherbound, Scottish copy of ALL of Burns works: Poems; Juvenile Poems; Epistles; Ballads; Political Ballads; Songs; Satires; Epitaphs, Epigrams, Extempore Poems, Etc & 'Remarks on Scottish Songs and Ballads'.

The most notable difference between 'oldtimers' version and this one is the placement of the verse beginning - "And surely you'll be your pint-stoup ......". O/T places it as the second verse while Burns himself placed it as the last!

I've also reduced the "translations" to those less well-known and omitted the better-known words.

So here, based on a publication over 120 years old and published less than 100 years after 'The Great Poet's' passing is (one would expect) the original version of "All the Lyrics" to Auld Lang Syne.



AULD LANG SYNE
                                                                Robbie Burns

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min'?
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 of kindness yet,
                    For auld lang syne?


We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu't the gowans fine;
But   we've wander'd mony a weary foot,
Sin auld lang syne.

We twa ha'e paidl't I' the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid ha'e roared
Sin auld lang syne.

And there's a hand my trustie 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!

Meanings:
auld lang syne - Long times since
be - pay for
dine - dinner time
fiere - friend
gowans - daisies
guid willie-waught - draught
mony - many
morning sun - noon
paidl't - paddled
pint-stoup - pint tankard
pu't - pulled

Muttley

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: masato sakurai
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 09:39 AM

Oldtimer's version is from The Scots Musical Museum (no. 413, 1796), while Muttley's is from George Thomson's Scottish Airs (no. 66, 1799), which Burns had sent him in a letter. Both versions are included in James Dick's The Songs of Robert Burns (1903; rpt. Folklore Associates, 1962, pp. 208-209) and Donald A. Low's The Songs of Robert Burns (Routledge, 1993, pp. 311-312). As is well known, the SMM version was set to a completely different tune.

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 10:41 AM

Does any one else get all bitter and twisted with the people who persist in singing "For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne" ??

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: masato sakurai
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 10:55 AM

On "For the sake of auld lang syne," there's a related thread:

Auld Lang Syne - folk process?

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Bonecruncher
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 08:36 PM

And how many people are able to sing the British National Anthem with the words of the usual first, third and fifth verses?
Colyn.

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: GUEST,Anonny Mouse
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 08:53 PM

Yeah-and how many of you can sing "Oh, Canada" with gusto at a Habs game, eh?

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Muttley
Date: 02 Jan 06 - 12:08 AM

Corrections accepted! I guess it doesn't matter which way it's sung as long as the sentiment remains!

As for the National Anthems - like Australia's - who cares? The words are probably not the originals - as with Australia's ("Australians all . . . etc"   which was originally written as "Australia's Sons . . . etc".
And I know the second is the original because my adopted Great Uncle wrote the bloody thing.

However, what IS interesting is that 90%+ Austrlians know ONLY the first verse - aske 'em to sing the second and their usual response is "There's another verse?????"

As well, I also find it interesting that more Canadians know the full US anthem than they do of their own and more Americans know more of the Canadian one than they do their own!!!! Can't recall where I got that little bit of trivia from - but I'm assured it's correct.

Muttley

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: Hrothgar
Date: 02 Jan 06 - 06:42 AM

There was a man called Mr Lang
And he had a neon sign
And Mr Lang is very old
So they called it "Old Lang's Sign."

From the singing of Allan Sherman?

Subject: RE: ALL the Lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne'
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 02 Jan 06 - 09:03 PM

On mules we find two legs behind,

and two we find before,

We stand behind before we find

what the two behind be for.

When we're behind the two behind,

we find what these be for,

So stand before the two behind,

behind the two before.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

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