This should be given by two as small children as can act it nicely: a little girl with hair powdered, long dark dress, white kerchief and apron, small black lace cap and spectacles, and a boy with glasses, powdered hair, long trousers, coat fixed by sewing black "swallow tails" onto a short dark coat, a white cravat and a stiff hat. As song begins they sit at a small table on which are cups and saucers and a tea-pot of tea. The girl pours out a cup of tea for each during the words:
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?"
Then as the chorus is sung the boy rises and bows low, then sits and they raise cups, clink them and each takes a drink:
"For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne;
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne."
They lean forward and appear to be talking during the words of second verse:
"We twa ha'e run aboot the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine;
But we've wandered mony a weary foot
Sin' auld lang syne."
During singing of chorus second time the girl rises, makes a courtesy to boy, then sits and they drink as before.
They stand and shake hands during the stanza:
"And here's a hand, my trusty frien',
And gi'e's a hand o' thine;
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne."