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This is just a part of wikipedia's Auld Lang Syne Page "Auld Lang Syne" is traditionally sung at the conclusion of New Year gatherings in Scotland and around the world, especially in English-speaking countries. At Hogmanay in Scotland, it is common practice that everyone joins hands with t...

... best But now I'm sure that he's at peace Among his friends in Heaven In that land where troubles cease And no tree roots lie hidden. More of Bob Auld's poems

A treat for the weekend for those who enjoy Bob Auld's local poems

When the blue tinted cloudlets Just hang in the sky And the winds from the West Are merely a sigh When the Arran hills show faintly, Thro the sea mist, Then the day has the sweetness Of a lover's first kiss. When the air's filled with birdsong And wild flowery scent When the peace of each moment Bri...

When time is short and days are long Thochts flee back and furrit When twenty years are but a spang Everything seems less hurrit. Soon ye're left wae nocht but dreams Tae wile away the time . When spring has lost its magic gleams Then age is an awfu crime But Hughie son haud up her heid Wae yer fine...

Full many a happy hour has gone Since we were wont tae frolic Many a friend now pale and wan In the years I've known you Alec Still we loved our simple ways Our own childish pleasures Our simple joys, our summer days Are the times we mostly treasure. We also learned just how to bend What was good, a...

Twas on a cauld raw winter's morn When Jimmie Thornton blew the horn The air was filled with a sudden hush As the eager brickes started tae rush Tae be the first men doon the road Wae Sammy Burns on his first load Twas big Jock's motto to be on the job Before Joe Kearney started tae sob But usually ...

She casts a spell does oor Kate Bell That sets yer hert afire Yet she's free 0 guile wae a cheery smile And a member 0' the choir. Her sausage meat is just a treat As is her steak pies Has a way that's twice at least as nice As the twinkle in her eyes Tae gain esteem as oor Dreghorn queen You've got...

It could have been a bit of a poser Tae fight a war withoot a wee grocer So Sid he gave the old war cry Stuck oot his chest, and waved goodbye And ere he'd time tae rue his boast He was sailing along the African coast Those Libyan days he remembers well When every step seemed nearer tae hell While t...

George Lockhart, a much esteemed name That we wi pleasure here acclaim. Tho never mentioned wae deeds 0 fame Yer a man 0 class Deeply entwined wae thochts 0 hame And a Stintson lass Ye graced the land ye freed the seas Ye loved tae laugh as well as tease Ye wid raither face than ever appease I've he...

There's a wee hole, in the loan That's caused many a dreich moan Even the toon cooncil aw disown This wee crevasse Sanny'll need tae start and groan Tae higher brass Saut tears sailed doon the pun Woes and sorrows by the ton Filtered through this vacant grun Intae this hole Twas a careless job tae l...