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| Happy New Year - 16 |
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01/01/03
Dano
(1969)
munshyne@hotmail.com
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Happy New Year to the Class of '69.
Auld lang syne
Meaning:
Times past. Literally translated from the Scottish as 'old long since'.
Origin
From the Robert Burns' poem.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!
Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
Burns version builds on earlier works. Poems and songs with somewhat similar text have been found dating back as far as anonymous ballad in the Bannatyne Manuscript of 1568. Another version; the first that contains a form of the auld lang syne phrase, is attributed to the courtly poet Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638).
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon,
The flames of love extinguished,
And freely past and gone?
Is thy kind heart now grown so cold
In that loving breast of thine,
That thou canst never once reflect
On old-long-syne?
I think I like Dan Fogelberg's better. At least I know what that one means...hehe.
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| 01/08/03
Nelson Smith
(1969)
fearless0351@aol.com
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| Re: Happy New Year |
Happy new Year, Dano, and to the rest of the Class of 1969.
Nelson :o) |
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