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daily question for New Year's EveI missed my turn earlier so I'm on the ball today  a Q 4 U... "Auld Lang Syne" was written by Robert Burns, in which year please? and for a bonus, what does auld lang syne mean?
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Very good question PP completely appropriate - I think "Auld Lang Syne" means For old time's sake or something like that, but I have no idea when Rabbie wrote it, without Googling, that is. (Just watched some of the firework display from Sydney, Australia just celebrating the New Year - always brings that strange feeling about time difference into focus for me!) |
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Surely one of our Scottish members will know this... he was late 18th century, so wild guess: 1785 And think it means for old times gone? |
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Litterally it means old long since or more appropriately days gone by. I think it was written in 1711 but i could be wrong. |
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Sorry Emma tells me it was written in 1788  |
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For auld lang syne is also used as a toast to the good old days. |
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Elaine a true Scotswoman knew it was 1788 and yes, auld lang syne means for, old times, or long ago since, or many variations of that phrase  |
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Actually it was my friend Emma who told me the date, I got that bit completely wrong |
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