auld lang syne

     

"Aul Lang Syne" is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294), although the same phrase (Auld Lang Syne) is used in similar poems by Robert Ayton (1570–1638), Allan Ramsay (1686-1757) and James Watson (1711) as well as older folk songs predating Burns.

Trivia about auld lang syne

  • Since 1910 annual Rotary Club conventions have closed with the singing of this, mostly heard at year's end
  • This song has lyrics by Robert Burns:
  • This song with a 3-word Scottish name may keep you up late one night a year
  • Burns never said he wrote this now traditional Scottish song of parting, he rewrote an earlier song
  • Robbie is generally given credit for the words of this song about "auld acquaintance"
  • On Hogmanay, December 31, Scots in London gather at St. Paul's Cathedral to join hands & sing this song
  • Robert Burns wrote, "And we'll tak' a cup o'kindness yet for" this
  • New Year's Eve song(4,4,4)

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