What We Keep Forgetting About Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne" is the New Year's theme song and the soundtrack for that special midnight kiss. But most Americans know very little about the origin, words and meaning of the song.

The lyrics were written in the late 18th Century by Scottish poet Robert Burns, although some of the words were borrowed from an older song.

Interestingly, the music the lyrics go along with today is not the same tune Burns originally set the words to.
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