Burns's story of the song is a bit of a historical puzzle. It's true that the lyrics "Auld lang syne" and “Should auld acquaintance be forgot” appear in earlier poems and songs, which Burns would have ...

Anyway it's about old friends." For those not familiar with the song or the movie, every New Year's Eve when the clock strikes midnight and the calendar flips to the next year, people around the world ...

After writing it, he sent the poem to the Scots Musical Museum accompanied with a note that read: “The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in ...

How was ‘Auld Lang Syne’ created? "Burns said in one of the letters on view that he listened to an old man singing the song and that it had never been in print or in manuscript until he wrote ...

The phrase “for auld lang syne” essentially means “for (the sake of) old times”, which positions it as an apt song to sing at a time when people reflect on the past 12 months.

But “Auld Lang Syne” is in Scots, Burns’ country explains, basically akin to the English expression “For old time’s sake.” ...

Another year is ready to come to an end. We are now looking forward to an enjoyable, productive, exciting and most of all safe 2022. Just like what the songs Auld Lang Syne and It’s Just Another ...

for auld lang syne. In his letters, Burns indicated that he simply put to paper an old Scottish song. In 1788, he wrote to a friend about the “exceedingly expressive” Scotch phrase “Auld lang syne,” ...

It's midnight on New Year’s—cue the sentimental “Auld Lang Syne” singalong. Here's what to know about the lyrics, meaning, and origin of the Scottish song.