How To Use Lang syne In A Sentence
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I kenned ane o 'the name lang syne' at was lost sicht o '.
Sir Gibbie
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So gies a haund my trusty fiere/ and here's a haund o' thine;/ And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught/ For auld lang syne.
How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
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God an 'He's new in mine -- an' I prayed this mornin ', a thing I haena dune for mair than twenty years -- an' the auld burn was sweet an 'clear, like when my laddie's lips sippit there lang syne -- I daurna speak His name ower often, but God is gey guid to the sinfu' an 'the weary.
St. Cuthbert's
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Theres a place where their berlins and galleys, as they cad them, used to lie in lang syne, but its no used now, because its ill carrying gudes up the narrow stairs, or ower the rocks.
Chapter XL
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For auld lang syne, my dear... `If it were me,' he said as we crossed the park, `I'd be crossing continents; I'd leave no stone unturned.
RESCUING ROSE
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I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi 'a madelike voice, sae I e'en tried him wi' some tales o" lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said.
Old Mortality, Volume 2.
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` ` Ay, 'said his patron, ` ` but ye ken we maun hae turnips for the lang sheep, billie, and muckle hard wark to get them, baith wi the pleugh and the howe; and that wad sort ill wi' sitting on the broomy knowe, and cracking about Black Dwarfs, and siccan clavers, as was the gate lang syne, when the short sheep were in the fashion. ''
The Black Dwarf
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Andrew Wilson’s naig that he was riding on had been a dragooner lang syne, and the sairer Kettledrummle spurred to win awa, the readier the dour beast ran to the dragoons when he saw them draw up. —
Old Mortality
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They formed a circle and sang "Auld Lang Syne".
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I'd known that auld lang syne meant something like "old time's sake" and that a right guid-willie waught was probably a decent measure of whisky, but I'd never stopped at fiere.
How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
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lang syne
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auld lang syne
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So gies a haund my trusty fiere/ and here's a haund o' thine;/ And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught/ For auld lang syne.
How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
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I have evited striking you in your ain house under muckle provocation, because I am ignorant how the laws here may pronounce respecting burglary and hamesucken, and such matters; and, besides, I would not willingly hurt ye, man, e’en on the causeway, that is free to us baith, because I mind your kindness of lang syne, and partly consider ye as a poor deceived creature.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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Then at midnight people just appeared out on the street with bubbly, singing Auld Lang Syne.
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At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve , people cheer and sing Auld Lang Syne.
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For auld lang syne, etc. And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp, ****
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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But our folk were at great pains lang syne to big up the passage in some parts, and pu 'it down in others, for fear o' some uncanny body getting into it, and finding their way down to the cove: it wad hae been a fashious job that --- by my certie, some o 'our necks wad hae been ewking.' '
The Antiquary
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“I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi’ a madelike voice, sae I e’en tried him wi’ some tales o” lang syne; and when I spake o’ the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, — he’s ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi’ his ee that I kend he took up what I said.
Old Mortality
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The song leader on a platform and in an immaculate white sweater would intone such hymns as Abide With Me while the visitors might be allowed a decorous Auld Lang Syne.
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The fire-fly's light" is sung to the tune of "Auld lang syne," the Japanese words of which commemorate a legend of the tea-district of
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“I am glad the plottie pleases ye, sir — but I think I kend gay weel how to make it before I saw your honour — Maister Tirl can tell that, for mony a browst of it I hae brewed lang syne for him and the callant Valentine Bulmer.”
Saint Ronan's Well
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I have evited striking you in your ain house under muckle provocation, because I am ignorant how the laws here may pronounce respecting burglary and hamesucken, and such matters; and, besides, I would not willingly hurt ye, man, e'en on the causeway, that is free to us baith, because I mind your kindness of lang syne, and partly consider ye as a poor deceived creature.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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Literally translated from Scottish dialect, the words auld lang syne mean old long since, or, in more familiar terms, days gone by.
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Auld Lang Syne" is the masterpiece of Robert Burns, the famous Scottish peasant poet, with its sincerity and artlessness as well as a beautiful tune, and therefore has won worldwide popularity.
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For auld lang syne, my dear... `If it were me,' he said as we crossed the park, `I'd be crossing continents; I'd leave no stone unturned.
RESCUING ROSE
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I have evited striking you in your ain house under muckle provocation, because I am ignorant how the laws here may pronounce respecting burglary and hamesucken, and such matters; and, besides, I would not willingly hurt ye, man, e'en on the causeway, that is free to us baith, because I mind your kindness of lang syne, and partly consider ye as a poor deceived creature.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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Arms will be linked, kisses exchanged and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne belted out.
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“I am glad the plottie pleases ye, sir — but I think I kend gay weel how to make it before I saw your honour — Maister Tirl can tell that, for mony a browst of it I hae brewed lang syne for him and the callant Valentine Bulmer.”
Saint Ronan's Well
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“I am glad the plottie pleases ye, sir — but I think I kend gay weel how to make it before I saw your honour — Maister Tirl can tell that, for mony a browst of it I hae brewed lang syne for him and the callant Valentine Bulmer.”
Saint Ronan's Well
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For auld lang syne, my dear... `If it were me,' he said as we crossed the park, `I'd be crossing continents; I'd leave no stone unturned.
RESCUING ROSE
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I can honk out a few simple tunes on my horribly out-of-tune one-row (usually brought out at Christmas to play auld lang syne).
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Kettledrummle was taen near us -- for Andrew Wilson's naig that he was riding on had been a dragooner lang syne, and the sairer Kettledrummle spurred to win awa, the readier the dour beast ran to the dragoons when he saw them draw up.
Old Mortality, Volume 1.
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A bandleader named Guy Lombardo helped make Auld Lang Syne a modern tradition.
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I am glad the plottie pleases ye, sir -- but I think I kend gay weel how to make it before I saw your honour -- Maister Tirl can tell that, for mony a browst of it I hae brewed lang syne for him and the callant
St. Ronan's Well
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But they made it a night to remember, with fireworks, a sound system belting out Auld Lang Syne, and revellers linking arms with police and dancing in the street.
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It's a tradition to sing'Auld Lang Syne'on New Year's Eve.
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I'd known that auld lang syne meant something like "old time's sake" and that a right guid-willie waught was probably a decent measure of whisky, but I'd never stopped at fiere.
How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
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As a last farewell and tribute to John, the local choir gave a rendition of Auld Lang Syne at the graveside.
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As the exhibits regarding the origins of the "Auld Lang Syne" melody show, these kinds of strathspey dance tunes were in circulation long before this one first became associated with Burns's poem in Thomson's "Select Collection" —published in 1799, shortly after the poet's death.
Visiting an Auld Acquaintance
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The Tommies, the British soldiers, they would sing to the melody of ‘Auld Lang Syne.’
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I have evited striking you in your ain house under muckle provocation, because I am ignorant how the laws here may pronounce respecting burglary and hamesucken, and such matters; and, besides, I would not willingly hurt ye, man, e’en on the causeway, that is free to us baith, because I mind your kindness of lang syne, and partly consider ye as a poor deceived creature.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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Apropos," he mused, "is not the old Scots phrase, 'Auld lang syne,' exceedingly expressive.
Visiting an Auld Acquaintance
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We'll take a cup of individuality yet, for auld lang syne!
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But, hey, how about one more Steele-related mishap, for auld lang syne?
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o lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said.
Old Mortality, Complete
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For auldsyne, my dear , for auld lang syne. We'll take a cup o'kindness yet , for auldsyne.
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[188] The Count Albani plays his difficult part of thirdsman very well throughout, though just at first he would make an advance on "auld lang syne" if Lucrezia would let him.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
