Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
Robert Burns (17591796)Auld Lang Syne
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And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o’ lang syne?
For auld lang syne,
We ’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And surely I ’ll be mine;
And we ’ll tak a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
And pu’d the gowans fine;
But we ’ve wander’d mony a weary foot
Sin’ auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
From morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin’ auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
And gie ’s a hand o’ thine;
And we ’ll tak a right guid willie-waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.