From your friend

Should auld . . .
And here's a hand
My Trusty Friend
. . .

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 809 433 449
 

 
Bookmark with title words, words of verses, and image of two hands shaking inside a wreath of flowers
the image of this bookmark
kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
Words:

From your

FRIEND

SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT,
AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIN'?
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT
AND DAYS O' LANG SYNE?
CHORUS.

FOR AULD LANG SYNE' MY DEAR,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
WE'LL TAK A CUP O' KINDNESS YET,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE.

 
 
 
 
image of wreath of flowers
with two hands shaking,
and words:
WITH
GOOD
WISHES

 
 
 
 

AND HERE'S A HAND,
MY TRUSTY FRIEND,
AND GIE'S A HAUD O' THINE;
AND WE'LL TAK' A RIGHT GUID
WILLIE-WAUGHT,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
CHORUS.

FOR AULD LANG SYNE' MY DEAR,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
WE'LL TAK A CUP O' KINDNESS YET,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE.

Size of Silk:
23.0cm long by 5.5cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY." on back at pointed end:

Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark

There is an almost identical bookmark, with the same FROM YOUR FRIEND title, recorded as sb808; the difference being that in the bookmark above, the second line of the second verse has the words " MY TRUSTY FRIEND ", whilst the sb808 bookmark has the words " MY TRUSTY FIERE ".

 



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