Auld Lang Syne
Throughout the English-speaking world, Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung on New Years Eve (known as Hogmanay in Scotland). [1]
If you were to take a soundtrack of the globe across the time zones as December 31st turns to January 1st, you’d hear the strains of “Auld Lang Syne” from New Zealand to South Africa to Ireland to Newfoundland to Alaska. [2]
The traditional song for ringing in the New Year in almost every English speaking country in the world is Auld Lang Syne. [3]
The song, “Auld Lang Syne,” playing in the background, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. [4]
“Auld Lang Syne means, for old time’s sake,” said Dr. Patrick Scott, a scholar at USC. [...] Burns — as in Robert Burns — the Scottish Poet who wrote the lyrics to the song we all kind of know. [5]
Printed from Cantaria, a folk song archive. [1]
Everything you wanted to know about Robert Burns, Scotland’s national bard (and lots more besides). [6]
Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the Scots Musical Museum with the remark, ‘The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man”. [7]
Though it was played as the band’s theme song for years, and it had even occasionally been sung on New Year’s Eve, this was the first time that Lombardo’s group played it at the Hotel Roosevelt Grill in New York City to usher in the new year. [8]
Sources:
[1] Auld Lang Syne (traditional Scottish) | Cantaria Folk Song Archive
[2] AULD LANG SYNE :: SteynOnline
[3] New Year’s Eve Song - Auld Lang Syne
[4] Auld Lang Syne - Lyrics and MIDI - Christmas Carol Lyrics
[5] So what is Auld Lang Syne all about? - WIS News 10 - Columbia …
[6] Robert Burns Country: Auld Lang Syne:
[7] Auld Lang Syne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[8] auld lang syne: Definition from Answers.com