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Thursday, December 30, 2010

TRADITIONAL SONG OF NEW YEARS -- AULD LANG SYNE

Time counts down toward New Years Eve and the stroke of midnight

Traditionally, the song Auld Lang Syne is sung by party-goers when the clock strikes 12 midnight on New Years eve. The title words of this song roughly mean, long, long ago. Wrote in the 1700s, it became a traditional folk song in Scotland and eventually spread to many countries including the United States.

The song contains a beautiful sentiment of friendship.

The YouTube below has a wonderful male vocalist singing Auld Lang Syne. He is not identified on the YouTube site. But nonetheless, he has a crystal clear voice and sings with his heart. The video carries the song's words against a black screen. It only lasts five minutes but it probably will stir some emotions of times long, long ago.

HAPPY 2011 TO ALL!

adddendum: Lallofah of Mehitable Days Blog has identified the
vocal artist as Dougie MacLean from his album Tribute.

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

TRADITIONAL SONG OF NEW YEARS -- AULD LANG SYNE