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

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