My Gen X Playlist: Auld Lang Syne – Fiddler’s Green

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! A few fun facts.

The confetti in Times Square has thousands of people’s wishes written on them. In 2015 “wishfetti” became a part of the tradition. People write their wishes for the new year and submit them to the Wish Wall in Times Square (or online) and those wishes are turned into the confetti that falls over the crowd at midnight.

It’s been widely reported that the month [of January] was named for the Roman god Janus, but it’s actually rooted in the Latin word “ianua,” which means door. The name was chosen to symbolize the opening of a new door that happens when the new year begins.

Nearly 80% of resolutions made at the beginning of the year are forgotten by February. So no worries if you need to restart!

Lobster and chicken are both considered bad luck foods. According to superstition, it’s because of a lobster’s ability to move backward and a chicken’s ability to scratch itself backwards, if you eat either on New Year’s, you won’t be able to move forward.

Robert Burns took a Scottish folk song called “Old Long Syne” and put his own spin on it in 1788, which is the version we all know today. Auld lang syne means “times long past.”

– good housekeeping

Here’s a slightly less traditional version of Auld Lang Syne by Fiddler’s Green. I’m sure Robert Burns wouldn’t mind a new spin.

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Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And the days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

And surely you'll buy your pint cup
And surely I'll buy mine!
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the sake of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

We two have paddled in the burn
From morning sun till dine
But seas between us broad have roared
Since the days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And give us a hand o'thine
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
For the days of auld lang syne