“Auld Lang Syne” is sung on the stroke of midnight every 31 December to ring in the New Year. The song sets words written by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788 to a traditional folk tune, ...

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot/And never brought to mind?/Should auld acquaintance be forgot/And auld lang syne.” Who among us has not sung those words on New Year’s Eve? At various ages and ...

The familiar New Year’s tune Auld Lang Syne is seemingly familiar to just about everyone in Central Texas, across English-speaking countries and in many other parts of the world, too, but music ...

Scotland’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, known as Hogmanay, are world-famous, drawing hundreds of thousands of revellers from around the globe to the streets of Edinburgh each year. From the classic ...

We sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the end of every single year, but as Mariah Carey asks in her indelible version, "Does anybody really know the words?" After all, what is the meaning of "Auld Lang Syne"?

There are several ways to welcome in the New Year. One unfailing tradition is singing the song Auld Lang Syne at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along... New Year ...

ATLANTA — The new year will bring many traditions involving toasts, dishes served for good luck, and a song brought to us from a country that does New Year’s right. Auld Lang Syne was written by ...

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What better way to celebrate the close of 2020 than with the most popular song of New Year's Eve? "Auld Lang Syne" has long been considered the official tune of the holiday, but do you know why? Let's ...

The Scottish town of Inverness gathers every new year to sing Robert Burns' famed ode "Auld Lang Syne" to old friends. It's particularly poignant now as the U.K. prepares to leave the European Union.