Every New Year’s Eve, many of us will come to the realisation that we don’t actually know the words to “Auld Lang Syne”. Belting out the song as the clock strikes midnight is a long-held ...

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne ... sing this song at social gatherings and most famously on Hogmanay as they reflect on times past and welcome the New Year.

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A Guid New-year ... auld tail thou wad hae whiskit, An' spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket, Wi' pith an' power; Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' riskit An' slypet owre. When frosts lay lang ...