Auld Lang Syne Poem by Albert Pike

'Should auld acquentance be forgot,
'And never brought to min'?
'Should auld acquentance 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.'

'An' surely ye'll your glasses fill,
'An' surely I'll fill mine,
'An' we'll tak' a right gude willy-wought
'For Auld Lang Syne.
'For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

'Tis mony a year sin' first we met,
Wi' song an' jest an' wine,
And aft we saw the day-star rise
In Auld Lang Syne,
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

We a' hae had our ups an' doons,
Great sorrows, joys divine;
And some hae won, and some hae lost,
Sin' Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

And some hae foemen been, and charged
In column and in line,
Each fighting for his flag and faith,
And Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

And they who lost, nae malice bear,
Nor murmur nor repine;
And they who won, the losers luve,
For Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

And some hae seen the simmer sun
On mony a broad land shine,
And wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

The laurel and the cypress on
Some grassy graves entwine,
Where those are laid who lo'ed us weel
In Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

And some we luve, in foreign lands
To see their ain land pine,
And backward look, wi' fond regret,
To Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

We a' hae had our luves and hates —
The hates we a' resign,
But keep the luves a' fresh and green,
For Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc.

'An' there's a nan', each trusty frien',
'And gi'e's a han' o' thine!
'An' we'll tak' a right gude-willy wought,
'For Auld Lang Syne.
'For Auld Lang Syne, etc.'

An' when we shut the book o' life,
An' a' of earth resign,
The memories shall, if sad, be sweet,
Of Auld Lang Syne.
For Auld Lang Syne, etc