auld lang syne
Throughout the English-speaking world, Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung on New Years Eve (known as Hogmanay in Scotland). [1]
The traditional song for ringing in the New Year in almost every English speaking country in the world is Auld Lang Syne. [2]
The poet, author of works such as “Tam o’ Shanter” and “To a Mouse,” denied that “Auld Lang Syne” was his. [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]
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. [5]
“It has traveled and embedded itself in cultures across the globe,” said Burns biographer Robert Crawford. [3]
Printed from Cantaria, a folk song archive. [1]
The song is sung throughout the English-speaking world and has been translated into more than 40 languages. [3]
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]
Sources:
[1] Auld Lang Syne (traditional Scottish) | Cantaria Folk Song Archive
[2] New Year’s Eve Song - Auld Lang Syne
[3] The history of “Auld Lang Syne,” for old time’s sake - The Denver Post
[4] Auld Lang Syne - Lyrics and MIDI - Christmas Carol Lyrics
[5] AULD LANG SYNE :: SteynOnline
[6] Robert Burns Country: Auld Lang Syne:
[7] Auld Lang Syne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia