no new year/event without

.

 

Was he p*ssed when he wrote it?

 

Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my jo,
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 take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowan fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fitt,
Sin' auld lang syne.

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.

And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willie-waught,
For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my jo,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

 

Well he was Scottish.

 

Sorted, then! Probably dictated while chewing a deep-fried Mars bar...

 

hate it, pointless song that makes no sense and i dont see what it has to do with new year

 

x2. And nobody singing it has the faintest idea what it means.

I'd suggest the Hokey Cokey as a proper New Year's song. Or "Tiger Feet".

 

PS I'm slightly concerned about the line "And we'll tak a right gude-willie-waught"

 

Chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Easter, will you not be eating any?

 

chocolate eggs are more linked to easter than that song is to new year

 

Just another pagen thing taken and twisted/corrupted by the early Christian church and now twisted/corrupted further by commercialism.

 

It has become a tradition/custom like many traditions/customs which have little to do with the event they are connected.

 

A willie waught is ayrshire rhyming slang for a draught, ie a drink.
If you really want to be worried, check out Burns's song "Cock up your Beavers"!

 

You have to be Scots to understand it!

 

Don ya hat....

 

And drunk but then if yous Scots yous is drunk.

 

I cocked my beaver to a magistrate early today.

 

i liked the bay city rollers thou

 

Cock up your beavers!?! Was that a Scottish blue film with Kenneth Mckellar and Moira Anderson?