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<blockquote data-quote="Indecisi0n" data-source="post: 1252001" data-attributes="member: 35289"><p>"<strong>Auld Lang Syne</strong>" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" target="_blank">Scots</a> pronunciation: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA" target="_blank">[ˈɔːl(d) lɑŋˈsəin]</a>: note "s" rather than "z")<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" target="_blank">Scots</a> poem written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns" target="_blank">Robert Burns</a> in 1788<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-ScotlandOrgRef-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roud_Folk_Song_Index" target="_blank">Roud</a> # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year" target="_blank">New Year</a> at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout" target="_blank">Boy Scout</a> youth movement, in many countries, uses it as a close to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamboree_(Scouting)" target="_blank">jamborees</a> and other functions.</p><p></p><p>The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago",<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-Maine-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> "days gone by" or "old times". Consequently "<em>For</em> auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus, might be loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times".</p><p></p><p>The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aytoun" target="_blank">Robert Ayton</a> (1570–1638), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(poet)" target="_blank">Allan Ramsay</a> (1686–1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as older <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_songs" target="_blank">folk songs</a> predating Burns.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-nls.uk-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fitt" target="_blank">Matthew Fitt</a> uses the phrase "In the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_upon_a_time..." target="_blank">Once upon a time...</a>" in his retelling of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale" target="_blank">fairy tales</a> in the Scots language.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne" target="_blank"><em>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne</em></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Indecisi0n, post: 1252001, member: 35289"] "[B]Auld Lang Syne[/B]" ([URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language']Scots[/URL] pronunciation: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA'][ˈɔːl(d) lɑŋˈsəin][/URL]: note "s" rather than "z")[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] is a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language']Scots[/URL] poem written by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns']Robert Burns[/URL] in 1788[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-ScotlandOrgRef-3'][3][/URL] and set to the tune of a traditional folk song ([URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roud_Folk_Song_Index']Roud[/URL] # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year']New Year[/URL] at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout']Boy Scout[/URL] youth movement, in many countries, uses it as a close to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamboree_(Scouting)']jamborees[/URL] and other functions. The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago",[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-Maine-4'][4][/URL] "days gone by" or "old times". Consequently "[I]For[/I] auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus, might be loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times". The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aytoun']Robert Ayton[/URL] (1570–1638), [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(poet)']Allan Ramsay[/URL] (1686–1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as older [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_songs']folk songs[/URL] predating Burns.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne#cite_note-nls.uk-5'][5][/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fitt']Matthew Fitt[/URL] uses the phrase "In the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_upon_a_time...']Once upon a time...[/URL]" in his retelling of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale']fairy tales[/URL] in the Scots language. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne'][I]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne[/I][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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