Form: Reel/song
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Sheet Music in PDF:Auld Lang Syne
ABC:
X:1 T:Auld Lang Syne T:Violin L:1/8 M:4/4 K:G uD2 | !3!G3 F G2 B2 | !0!A3 G A2 (BA) | G3 G B2 !3!d2 | !4!e6 e2 | d3 B B2 G2 | A3 G A2 (BA) | G3 E E2 D2 | G6 e2 | d3 B B2 G2 | !4!A3 G !0!A2 e2 | d3 B B2 d2 | e6 !2!g2 | d3 B B2 G2 | !4!A3 G !0!A2 (BA) | G3 E E2 D2 | G8 ||
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Source: Trad. (tune)*
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Region: Scotland
*Notes: Often played in G major but also in various keys to suit singers’ voices, as in the above video sung in A major. Robert Burns wrote Lowland Scots lyrics for this old tune in 1788. Here are lyrics in English:
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 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.
CHORUS
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
Sin’ auld lang syne.
CHORUS
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.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
CHORUS