New Year Song Auld Lang Syne

Auld lang syne is a scottish poem thought to be composed by scottish poet and lyricist robert burns in 1788.

New year song auld lang syne. The lyrics of auld lang syne by scottish poet robert burns are printed on a wall as part of an exhibition at new york s morgan library museum on december 9 2011. The phrase auld lang syne is also used in similar poems by robert ayton 1570 1638 allan ramsay 1686 1757 and james watson 1711 as well as older folk songs predating burns. We all sing auld lang syne at midnight on december 31 but what are the lyrics.

For auld lang syne. Auld lang syne the new year s anthem is a re write of auld lang syne by scottish poet and lyricist robert burns which was written in 1788 and published in james johnson s scots musical museum in 1796 however as noted by the bbc s pauline mackay burns often re arranged and rewrote old songs before publishing them as his own work and is thus listed under the public domain. Auld lang syne is a traditional scottish tune sang during new year s eve celebrations.

The traditional words t. Most people don t know that it is a scottish poem written in 1788 by robert b. Matthew fitt uses the phrase in the days of auld lang syne as the equivalent of once upon a time in his retelling of fairy tales in the scots language.

3 vocalists bring back to life classic new year song.