Hi Cynthia,
> I'm doing some research into this right now: Auld Lang Syne. How early is
it
> in your manuscripts?
c.1695. It appears with a peculiar mixture of Scots and English: For Old
Lang Syne, by Mr Beck. The manuscript is the Balcarres, from Balcarres House
in Fife. For more about this MS and Mr Beck, see my website under The
Scottish Lute.
> Are the words included?
No. Just the old (and better) tune.
> How much older might the tune be?
Nae idea. That is the oldest that I am aware of.
> Any one want to jump in on how much of the
> poem was written by Burns?
Nae chance.
Rob
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