| Auld Lang Syne Traditional Scottish Compiled by Robert Burns |
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| Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne? And days of auld lang syne, my dear, And days of auld lang syne. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne? We twa hae run aboot the braes And pu'd the gowans fine. We've wandered mony a weary foot, Sin' auld lang syne. Sin' auld lang syne, my dear, Sin' auld lang syne, We've wandered mony a weary foot, Sin' auld ang syne. We twa hae sported i' the burn, |
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This song has been used, on and off, to close King Richard's Faire and its successor the Bristol Renaissance Faire. The first 'authentic' rendition that I've heard was by the 'Bawdy Beggar Girls,' Marilyn Middleton and Jackie Manning, c. 1985. — Dean Calin "Notes: Robert Burns sent a copy
of the original song to the British Museum with this comment:
"The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which
has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down
from an old man's singing , is enough to recommend any air." |
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