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Auld Lang Syne Lyrics

December 31, 2011 by · Comments Off on Auld Lang Syne Lyrics 

Auld Lang Syne LyricsAuld Lang Syne Lyrics, On the eve of New Year 2012, it is estimated that more than 100 million people across the world will play, sing or hum a Scottish song that is more than 200 years old, the most sung song in the world: Auld Lang Syne.

It was originally introduced into Canada by the Scot traders who founded the North West Company.

Although credited to the world’s most celebrated poet, Robert Burns, in fact he revised the lyrics from an ancient poem compiled by George Bannatyne in 1568. I discovered this while completing some research in 2008 at Alloway, Burns’s birthplace in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Burns recognized the poem’s inherent message of friendship and reunion, and translated the ancient Scots language into a world poem. He later composed its music. Ironically it did not get widely published until December 1796, five months after his death.

The lyrics reflect life in Scotland at that time. The average lifespan was 53 years, many lived in abject poverty and clan land conflicts produced mixed loyalties.

The original poem had seven stanzas, but its melody and lyrics are recognized around the world as a symbol of friendship and have been used as a musical backdrop in many Hollywood movies.

On New Year’s Eve in Canada and around the world, millions of people will ring in the New Year with a song written about friendship and peace in 1788.

John Lennon was an admirer of Burns and his poetical themes of peace, personal freedom, liberty and small government.

Burns and Lennon were surely made of the same cloth. The world needs to hear their message.

Auld Lang Syne

December 31, 2011 by · Comments Off on Auld Lang Syne 

Auld Lang Syne, On the eve of New Year 2012, it is estimated that more than 100 million people across the world will play, sing or hum a Scottish song that is more than 200 years old, the most sung song in the world: Auld Lang Syne.

It was originally introduced into Canada by the Scot traders who founded the North West Company.

Although credited to the world’s most celebrated poet, Robert Burns, in fact he revised the lyrics from an ancient poem compiled by George Bannatyne in 1568. I discovered this while completing some research in 2008 at Alloway, Burns’s birthplace in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Burns recognized the poem’s inherent message of friendship and reunion, and translated the ancient Scots language into a world poem. He later composed its music. Ironically it did not get widely published until December 1796, five months after his death.

The lyrics reflect life in Scotland at that time. The average lifespan was 53 years, many lived in abject poverty and clan land conflicts produced mixed loyalties.

The original poem had seven stanzas, but its melody and lyrics are recognized around the world as a symbol of friendship and have been used as a musical backdrop in many Hollywood movies.

On New Year’s Eve in Canada and around the world, millions of people will ring in the New Year with a song written about friendship and peace in 1788.

John Lennon was an admirer of Burns and his poetical themes of peace, personal freedom, liberty and small government.

Burns and Lennon were surely made of the same cloth. The world needs to hear their message.

Auld Lang Syne Meaning

December 31, 2010 by · Comments Off on Auld Lang Syne Meaning 

Auld Lang Syne Meaning, Google wishing happy New Year to its users with MMXI Doodle in roman 2011 called MMXI; The Old Lang Syne Lyrics occupy a special place in my heart. I remember as a kid listening to my father and my grandfather sing Old Lang Syne and I also remember the massacre there many times. I found the Old Lang Syne song lyrics in a book of Christmas and had read them only to realize that I’m not anybody really knows the lyrics to Old Lang Syne at all.
Yet it remains the most special song in the heart of everyone at New Years. For me, it does not really matter what words or what is the meaning Auld Lang Syne is because I came to realize that Auld Lang Syne is everything you have in your heart when the clock strikes midnight and the New Year is upon us. I am sure that today, my son will hear me sing with my arm around my wife of 23 years and thinks to himself: “This guy has no idea of what the ancient words Lang are Syne “and it will be right in thinking that. Now, times have changed since I was a child so I can see now, my son goes to the net in search Old Lang Syne lyrics and realize how much I’ve massacred. Life is a cycle and this is the time of year when we must realize that time passes and the new song years old Lang Syne is a great way to start this year, even if the Auld Lang Syne lyrics escape.

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