Auld Lang Syne

Tonight, many people will gather together to celebrate the new year, but whether you're out at a party or waiting for Big Ben to chime from your…

The title and lyrics of the song actually come from a poem written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788. Burns’s original five-verse poem is about friends catching up over a drink after a long time apart, and its purpose was essentially to get people to toast to the new year. The group first performed Auld Lang Syne in 1929, during a New Year’s Eve broadcast in New York, minutes after midnight and since became the tradition- broadcasting the song into millions of homes every year, until about 1977.

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Here are the lyrics and the meaning behind the famous song we "sing" on New Year's Eve.

for auld lang syne. since auld lang syne. for auld lang syne, For auld lang syne, my dear, and auld lang syne? Words to Auld Lang Syne

The Scottish phrase “auld lang syne” means “old long since” — or days gone by, times that have long since passed but remembered with fondness, Lloyd Newell ...

The old friendships, the relationships, the memories of days gone by — can we hold on to the old as we also embrace the new that lies ahead? Whether Burns composed the poem, adapted it or simply recorded it, “Auld Lang Syne” has been associated with Burns ever since. The poem was soon paired with a traditional folk tune, and today it is sung as a part of New Year’s celebrations around the world. In our rush for the new and different, the latest and greatest, the song asks, will the “old long since” be forgotten? And Burns himself reported that he heard the words “from an old man’s singing” (see “Letters of Robert Burns,” selected by J. This week’s broadcast includes previously recorded music and a message recorded in Scotland in June 2022.

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This choir gives the piece a remarkable treatment, which includes some creative use of dynamics and overtones (especially in the droning bass part). We may not be on good terms with every one of our acquaintances, but Burn’s poem doesn’t leave room to pick and choose who makes the cut. At its heart, “Auld Lang Syne” is imploring us to remember and love our neighbors and share a cup of peace at the start of the new year.

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, voices all over the world will resurrect the centuries-old tradition of singing "Auld Lang Syne" to say goodbye ...