There are many traditions on New Year's. One of the most famous is the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight. But who wrote this song and why do we sing it? This is a question many people do not know it, it has just become part of tradition. The song was originally written in 1790 by a Scottish poet by the name of Robert Burns. Many of the lyrics from the first verse and the chorus are strikingly similar to a 1711 poem by James Watson. The song really took off in 1929 when bandleader Guy Lombardo began broadcasting this song on his radio broadcast on New Years Eve. The song quickly spread throughout the British Isles. As people emigrated to the United States and other countries, they took with them the song as a custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" with them. Here are the lyrics to Robert Burns' song with translation to some words you may not know. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld a
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