If you are looking for the words to Auld Lang Syne then you have arrived on the right page. Below are the words to the English version – the words that will probably be most familiar to you.

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Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne?

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For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
and surely I’ll buy mine!
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

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We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

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We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

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And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give me a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.

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Written in 1788 by Robert Burns and sung to a traditional Scottish folk melody, the song’s title literally means ‘old long since’, but is the equivalent of such sayings as ‘for old time’s sake’…