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"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, Merry Christmas II You (2010). The second single from the album, an extended play consisting of nine remixes was released by Island on December 14, 2010.
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton (1570–1638), Allan Ramsay (1686–1757), and James Watson (1711), as well as older folk songs predating Burns. [ 7 ] In modern times, Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "in the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of " once upon a time " in his retelling of fairy tales ...
The "Auld Lang Syne" song lyrics we know (or pretend to know) today are derived from a late-18th century poem by Scottish bard Robert Burns (1759–1796). ... today are derived from a late-18th ...
Auld Lang Syne is always present as a counter melody. [5] According to Tomlinson "it is a well known fact" that Elgar used Auld Lang Syne as the basis for the hidden theme of the Enigma Variations. [6] "What is not generally known", continues Tomlinson "is that all other sets of important variations were also based on this song.
“Auld Lang Syne” is attributed to Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. In 1788, Burns wrote down the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne” and sent them to the Scot Musical Museum, a ...
Many of Burns's most famous poems are songs with the music based upon older traditional songs. For example, "Auld Lang Syne" is set to the traditional tune "Can Ye Labour Lea", "A Red, Red Rose" is set to the tune of "Major Graham" and "The Battle of Sherramuir" is set to the "Cameronian Rant".
Auld Lang Syne origin. Put simply, “Auld Lang Syne” is a poem put to paper by the Scottish writer Robert Burns in the 1780s that, set to music, became a popular recitation on New Year’s (a ...