Auld Lang Syne

Time signature: 4 / 4
Typical tempo ~80 bpm.

Lyrics by Robert Burns, 1788,
Set to a traditional Scottish tune.

Button Accordion Notation

Beats per bar = 4
Dots (or equivalent) per beat = 1

Either row: Buttons 5 to 9*

First verse

.5 | ;6    "6 .6 .7 | ;7*    "6 .7* .7 | ;6    "6    .7 .8 | .:9*
Should old / ac-quain-tance    be / for-got,   and nev / -er brought to mind? //

.9* | ;8    "7 .7    .6 | ;7* "6 .7* .7 | ;6     "5* .5* .5 | :6 .r
Should   old / ac-quain-tance    be / for-got, and days / of   old   lang syne? //

Chorus

.9* | ;8 "7 .7 .6 | ;7* "6 .7* .9* | ;8 "7 .7 .8 | .:9*
For auld / lang syne, / my dear, for auld / lang    syne, //

.9* | ;8    "7 .7 .6 | ;7*    "6 .7* .7 | ;6    "5* .5* .5 | .:6
we'll take / a cup of kind- / ness yet, for days / of auld lang    syne. //

Embedded youTube Videos

Key: C

Tempo: ~90 bpm

Singer: Lea Michele

Posted by: We can be Heroes, just for one day

Key: G

Tempo: ~90 bpm for first part and
>100 bpm for most of last part.

Group: Grousebeaters.

Posted by: ulsterscotsonline

Appearing on Ulster-Scots based community radio station fUSe FM operating out of Maghera Orange Hall. Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Key: G from time 0 to 2:15
Bb from 2:15 to end

Tempo: ~80 bpm.

Singing by Rod Stewart (live at Stirling Castle)

Key: Eb from time 0 to 3:10
F from 3:10 to end

Tempo: ~70 bpm.

Singer: Sissel
on Swedish TV4 12.30.2008.

Posted by: The Stenar Channel

Sissel sings the first verse in English and the final three verses in Swedish.

Key: A

Tempo: ~80 bpm

Group: Scottish Parliament

Posted by: Tiago Simoes

Key: Db

Tempo: ~80 bpm

Singer: Malukah

Posted by: Malukah

Key: F

Tempo: ~80 bpm

Group: BBC Symphony, Chorus & Singers

Posted by: Kromgols kanal

Key: Eb from time 0 to 1:37
E from 1:37 to end

Tempo: ~90 bpm

Singer: Isisip

Posted by: isisip

Key: C

Tempo: ~90 bpm

Singer: Lea Michele
   in movie soundtrack.
   (also in the first
     embedded youTube
     video above)

Posted by: hollowpapa

Key: Bb

Uploaded by Nomad Jones on Apr 15, 2011, with the undeserved negative comment "Just off Glencoe we hear a noise like a chainsaw going through a bag of cats and this is what we found." Just ordinary folks enjoying their music.

There are four beats per bar (played usually with a rhythmic pattern of 1-2-3-4- ).

The bass drummer in the video at right hits beats 1 and 3 on the down-swing and beats 2 and 4 on the up-swing, at least in the first part. Near the end, he "jazzes it up a bit".)

BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS

Lyrics:

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

CHORUS:For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for days of 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 days of auld lang syne.

CHORUS

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

CHORUS

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

CHORUS

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 days of auld lang syne.

CHORUS

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