[Intro | instrumental | acoustic guitar picking | warm major-key phrasing | low Irish flute | subtle bodhrán pulse | light brushed drums | gentle fiddle ornaments] (8 bars) [Verse 1 | female contralto lead | warm fuller chest tone | low–mid register | stable melodic contour | Harmony: C – G – Am – F (repeat) | gentle rhythmic lift] [C] [G] Should old acquaintance be forgot, [Am] [F] And never brought to mind, [C] [G] Should old acquaintance be forgot, [Am] [F] [C] In days of old lang syne. [Refrain | balanced duet | matched timbre | close mid-register blend | melodic lift toward the top line | Harmony: C – G – Am – F (repeat) | steady rhythmic groove] [C] [G] For old lang syne, my dear, [Am] [F] For old lang syne, [C] [G] We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, [Am] [F] [C] For days of old lang syne. [Instrumental | guitar + flute + fiddle | warm rhythmic pulse | restrained but steady groove] (8 bars) [Verse 2 | male 55% lead + female 45% harmony | smooth youthful tenor | aligned pitch center | fuller contralto harmony beneath | Harmony: C – G – Am – F | rhythmic forward motion] We two have run about the slopes And picked the daisies fine But we've wandered many a weary foot Since days of old lang syne [Verse 3 | female 55% lead + male 45% harmony | warm grounded contralto | soft tenor shadow | Harmony: C – G – Am – F | clear stepwise melody] We two have paddled in the stream, From morning sun 'til dine, But seas between us broad have roared, Since days of old lang syne. [Refrain | full duet | equal weight | clear melodic rise | close blend | Harmony: C – G – Am – F | steady groove continues] For old lang syne, my dear, For old lang syne. We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, For old lang syne. [Verse 4 | blended gentle duet | fuller warm tone | unified melodic phrasing | Harmony: C – G – Am – F] And there's a hand, my trusty friend, And give me a hand O’ thine, And we will take a goodwill draught, For old lang syne. [Refrain | balanced duet | continuous instrumental support | rhythmic but gentle | Harmony: C – G – Am – F] For old lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll take a cup of kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne. We'll take a cup of kindness yet, For auld lang syne. [Am] [F] [C] For days of old lang syne.
