Of course, nobody is celebrating Burns Night with a bunch of friends this year, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t give a toast to Robert Burns with a glass of whiskey ‒ a wee dram. Or eat neeps and tatties ‒ turnips and potatoes ‒ or even haggis if you are not a vegetarian. And if you feel like it, you can take your bagpipes out of the closet and truly honor the Scottish Bard.
Bagpipes aside, this is the perfect opportunity to remember the Auld Lang Syne, one of those rare songs that are perfect for grief and tears as much as for merry celebrations:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
We twa hae run about the braes
And pu’d the gowans fine
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit
Sin days of auld lang syne
We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn
Frae morning sun till dine
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin days of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp
And surely I’ll be mine
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For 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-willy waught
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
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