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Live at Stirling Castle - Scotland 2012

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This is one of the greatest renditions of "Auld Lang Syne" I've heard. It's kind of a bluegrass / Americana mix with a great fiddle and (I think) ukulele. Of all things, I heard it a few minutes ago on an Accuweather review of New Years celebrations around the world and Shazam identified it for me. It was recorded in 2006

On New Year's Eve millions of people around the world link hands when they sing Auld Lang Syne. Now research from the University of Edinburgh has revealed the origins of the Hogmanay tradition are connected to freemasonry. Singing with arms crossed and hands joined was a parting ritual at many Masonic lodges. Musicologist Dr Morag Grant discovered the connection in the archives at Glasgow's Mitchell Library.... ..."Auld Lang Syne's sentiments didn't just resonate with Freemasons," she said. "Some of the earliest reports of the song's use at parting come from American college graduations in the 1850s."... ...The song had already...

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My New Years Playlist includes a number of memorial videos for both actors and characters: Sir John Hurt Memorial - Auld Lang Syne - Mitch MillerGareth Thomas Memorial - Auld Lang Syne - Susan BoyleCarrie Fisher Memorial - Auld Lang Syne - Mannheim SteamrollerDumbledore Memorial - Auld Lang Syne - Guy LombardoJeremy Brett Memorial - Auld Lang Syne - James TaylorJames Doohan Memorial - Rudolph - Gene AutrySnape Memorial - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

HOGMANAY AND FIRST FOOTING The Scots have become renowned the world over for the manner in which they celebrate the coming of a new year. Many may say that today the Scottish Hogmanay traditions are vanishing, but there are some areas of Scotlandwhere even in these modern times, old traditions die hard! The name "Hogmanay" is said to come from the Anglo-Saxon Haleg Monath (Holy Month), or the Gaelic oge maidne (New Morning). Whatever the origin of the name, it has remained in the conscience of the Scottish people for many centuries. Such was the importance of Hogmanay, it was...

Perhaps some of you would like to wish him well. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397821/posts#comment?q=1

Question What does "Auld Lang Syne" mean? I always hear people singing it on New Year's Eve, but no one seems to know what it means! Answer "Auld Lang Syne" is an extremely old Scottish song that was first written down in the 1700s. Robert Burns is the person whose transcription got the most attention, so the song is associated with him. The translation of the words "auld lang syne" is Scottish for "times gone by." So (incorporating a couple of other translations) when we sing this song, we are saying, "We'll drink a cup of kindness yet for times...

So everybody can start the song. But what the all the words? Is there a second/third verse? Is it as slow and methodical (boring ?) as the first?