Scots-Language Works: Ae Fond Kiss, Annals of the Parish, Asloan Manuscript, Auld Lang Syne, Auld Robin Gray, a Drunk Man Looks at the Thist

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Ae Fond Kiss, Annals of the Parish, Asloan Manuscript, Auld Lang Syne, Auld Robin Gray, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, A Red, Red Rose, A Satire of the Three Estates, A Scots Quair, Baloo Baleerie, Bible translations into Scots, Bonnie Charlie, Buke of the Howlat, But'n'Ben A-Go-Go, Cam Ye O'er Frae France, Charlie Is My Darling (song), Get Up and Bar the Door, Is There for Honest Poverty, Scots Musical Museum, Scots Wha Hae, Scottish Text Society, Some Reulis and Cautelis to be observit and eschewit in Scottis poesie, Sunset Song, Sweet Afton, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, The Battle of Sherramuir, The Brus, The Coming of the Wee Malkies, The Complaynt of Scotland, The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain, The Taill of the Uponlandis Mous and the Burges Mous, The Wife of Auchtermuchty, To a Louse, To a Mountain Daisy, To a Mouse, Trainspotting (novel). Excerpt: "Auld Lang Syne" (Scots pronunciation: : note "s" rather than "z") is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international Boy Scout youth movement, in many countries, uses it as a close to jamborees and other functions. The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since," or more idiomatically, "long long ago," "days gone by" or "old times." Consequently "For auld lang syne," as it appears in the first line of the chorus, might be loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times." The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton (1570 1638), Allan Ramsay (1686 1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as older folk songs predating Burns. Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "In the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "Once upon a time..." in his retelling of fairy tales in the Scots language. Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the Scots Musical Museum with the remark, "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man." Some of the lyrics were indeed "collected" rather than composed by the poet; the ballad "Old Long Syne" printed in 1711 by James Watson shows considerable similarity in the first verse and the chorus to Burns' later poem, and is almost certainly derived from the same "old song." it is a fair supposition to attribute the rest of the poem to Burns himself. There is some doubt as to whether the melody used today is the same one Burns originally intended, but it is widely used in Scotland and in the rest of the world. Singing the song on Hogmanay or