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To: Sailor who wrote (21842)	12/29/2001 1:50:29 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

What does Auld Lang Syne mean? 'On New Year's Eve, the most common song for most English-speaking people to sing is "Auld Lang Syne." Isn't it funny how it is possible to sing and hear a song hundreds of times and have no idea what it means? It turns out that "Auld Lang Syne" is an extremely old Scottish song. Robert Burns is the person whose transcription got the most attention, so the song is associated with him. 'According to one source, a good translation of the words "Auld Lang Syne" is "Times Gone By." We are singing "We'll take a cup of kindness yet for times gone by." '