In case you don’t recognize the title, this is the song commonly sung at pretty much all New Year’s celebrations, it is of Scottish origin and translates to “For Old Times’ Sake.” The song, however, has a fascinating history and dates back to the 18th century. It was originally a poem written by Robert Burns who submitted the piece to the Scots Musical Museum. Though he credits himself with being the first to write down the words, he states the song itself has much older origins and represents preserving relationships and memories from the previous year. In Scotland, people link hands and stand in a circle holding hands, then cross arms at the beginning of the last verse. It became a Scottish national song to sing at social occasions to demonstrate Scottish pride, around 1850.
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