Here are the words/lyrics to the original Scottish folk poem/song Auld Lang Syne as taken down by Robert Burns, one of that country's most revered poets (given his native land, perhaps this should be looking for golf links -- har! double pun! -- rather than baseball players!)...
Anyway, welcome 2006. We won't forget old acquaintances like Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista, but maybe we can all share a "cup o'kindness, dear" come October. Sing along if you know it!
Should auld acquaintance be for-got,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be for-got,
And days of auld lang syne,
And days of auld lang syne, my dear,
And days of auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be for-got,
And days of auld lang syne?
We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine.
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' auld lang syne.
Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
Sin' auld lang syne,
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' auld lang syne.
We twa hae sported i' the burn,
From morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin' auld lang syne.
Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
Sin' auld lang syne.
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin' auld lang syne.
And ther's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
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.
Well, that's it, Bauxites ... can you start the new year with suggestions for links behind "between" and "thine," the only words of more than one letter in the entire song not linked to a player?
Of course, yes, some of the links are ... uh, questionable. There's never been a player named "acquaintance," of course, so we deepened it a little bit and took the link to Bob Friend, for instance ... In some cases, we go with middle names, like James Wear Holliday for "weary," while we're also ignoring the spelling rule well beyond Neal Brady for "braid" -- there's Frank Truesdale for "trusty" and Ted H. Easterly for "the" (T.H.E., get it?) ... hey, if it sort of fits, then Happy New Year and welcome aboard!
Your comments and corrections -- let's call them "resolutions" -- are up next. Who's first?
