The calendar has just a few days left in 2006. On Monday, we will celebrate the New Year, 2007. You can bet from my Scottish heritage I will be singing “Auld Lang Syne” at the stroke of midnight.
Written by Robert Burns in 1741, the plaintive song was first published in 1796 after Burns’ death. “Auld Lang Syne” literally means “old long ago,”or simply, “the good old days.”
In spite of the popularity of “Auld Lang Syne,” those Scottish words probably will be mispronounced, even in Scotland.
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