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AULD LANGSYNE

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AULD LANGSYNE - staff notation
X: 5
T: AULD LANGSYNE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.142-143
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
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D | G> G G> B A> G A> B |
w: Shou'd auld ac-quain-tance be for-got, And
G <G B> d e3 z/g/ | d> B B> G
w: ne-ver brought to min', Shou'd auld ac-quain-tance
A> G A> B | G> E (E>D) G3 ][ e |
w: be for-got, And days o' lang-*syne. For
(d<B) B>G A> G A> B | (d<B) (B>d) e3 z/g/ |
w: auld* lang-*syne, my dear, For auld* lang-*syne, We'll
d> B B> G A> G A> B | G<E E>D G3 |]
w: tak' a cup o' kind-ness yet, For auld* lang-*syne.
%page 143
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W:2.We twa hae run about the braes.
W:    And pu'd the gowans fine;
W:  But we've wander'd mony a weary foot
W:    Sin' auld langsyne.
W:      For auld langsyne, &c.
W:
W:3.We twa hae paidel't i' the burn,
W:    When simmer days were prime,
W:  But seas between us braid hae roar'd
W:    Sin' auld langsyne.
W:      For auld langsyne, &c.
W:
W:4.Now there's a hand my trusty feire,
W:    And gi'es a haud o' thine,
W:  Syne toom the stoup to friendship's growth.
W:    And auld langsyne.
W:      For auld langsyne, &c.
W:
W:5.But surely ye'll be your pint-stoup,
W:    And surely I'll be mine,
W:  And we'll tak' a right gude willie-waught,
W:    For auld langsyne,
W:      For auld langsyne, &c.
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