What if Auld Lang Syne was Jazz-Rap

Launch note: the channel is built for exact-lyric genre swaps. This first track uses a public-domain standard so the lyrics can be printed and sung in full; future modern-pop entries should use lyrics only when they are licensed, public-domain, or supplied with rights.

Auld Lang Syne gets moved into a jazz-rap / neo-soul pocket: brushed drums, upright bass, Rhodes chords, and a spoken-rap lead that hands the refrain to a warmer sung hook.

Lyrics source: Robert Burns's public-domain text in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, hosted at Wikisource.

[Verse 1] 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.

[Verse 2] We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine, But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin 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.

[Verse 3] We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin 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.

[Bridge] And here's a hand, my trusty fiere, And gie's a hand o' thine; And we'll tak a right guid willie-waught, For auld lang syne.

[Final Chorus] And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp, And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.