Play this song, I'm sure you've heard it a lot of times.
More about the song and the lyrics.
More about the song and the lyrics.
The song Auld Lang Syne is practically synonymous with new year's celebrations, and it is probably the world's best-known song after Happy Birthday. This song, whose Scottish title roughly means "long, long time ago", became popular in the 18th century by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, and his friend George Thompson who wrote the music.There are currently versions of Auld Lang Syne in all continents.
Over the years, due to his Scottish title and perhaps because people only sing its first verse, the message of nostalgia for the passing of time and hope to meet in the future have become something that is not even clear to many English speakers. Besides being used in new year's celebrations,people sing it in many parts of the world as a common song in farewell parties.
