Each New Years Eve we sing that same song about old acquaintances. “Auld Lang Syne” is a very old Scottish song written down by Robert Burns in the 1700’s. Guy Lombardo, who first sang it at midnight on January 1, 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, made it a popular New Years song. It was played by him, on a live broadcast, until 1976.
But what actually does that phrase in the chorus mean? The words ‘Auld Lang Syne’ literally translates from old Scottish dialect meaning ‘Old Long Ago’, but one of the best translations of “auld lang syne” is “times gone by”. What good times have gone by for you? Perhaps a blind date, you didn’t want to go on, that turned out to be… Continue reading
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