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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Auld Lang Syne as the Auld Scots Tongue Ought to be Sung

I can't beat Dubai in the previous post, but the auld Scots songs like "Auld Lang Syne" ought to be sung by auld Scots. Some of this version (by the male singer) is in Scots Gaelic, the rest in good Lallans:

A Happy New Year 2015 to all my readers.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgSkOPDqYmc

Michael Collins Dunn said...

Alba gu brath. I've always loved the line "and sent them hameward tae think again."

Anonymous said...

Bliadhna mhath ùr