Happy Hogmanay!

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  • Hogmanay: New Year’s Eve in Scotland
  • Auld Lang Syne: old long ago, i.e. days gone by
  • A guid new year to ane an’ a’: a good new year to one and all

As the bells ring in 2018 tonight, many of you will be singing Auld Lang Syne, the famous poem by Robert Burns. It must be one of Scotland’s most recognisable gifts to the world – but did you know it originally had a different tune? Listen to The Cast’s haunting recording above and I swear you will never think of the song in the same way again. I first heard this version in the Sex and the City movie (don’t judge me) and loved it, so I offer it as my New Year’s gift to you.

Here’s to a wonderful 2018 for all of us. A guid new year to ane an’ a’.

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  7. That was a beautiful rendition of an old time favorite. Thanks for sharing (and for what it’s worth, I also really enjoyed Sex and the City ). Happy 2018 to you and yours and may you have a wonderful year ahead of you…

    Peta

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  9. A nice way to start the day. Happy New Year to you both, Anabel! May 2018 bring you many days of exploration, walks, reading, volunteering and cultural experiences!

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  14. Happy New Year to you both … lovely rendition of the song – I certainly hadn’t heard this before – cheers Hilary

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  15. Don’t judge me but I have never watched Sex in the City – not the movies, nor the series!! I do though adore this version of Auld Lang Syne

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    • There have been a few people also saying they know it from SATC so I feel it’s quite respectable now! A very happy New Year to you and Michael too – wishing you good health in particular.

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  21. You are right with that song! I absolutely love this version and will keep it! Thanks for passing that around as I have never heard that before sung this way. You and yours have a Happy New Year Anabel! Happy Hogmanay!

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  22. This song will always make me cry! When we first came to Canada my parents mixed with mostly people from Ireland, England and Scotland. My father was the darkest hair, so he would have to first-foot for Hogmanay!
    So many good times listening to this growing up.

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  24. Thanks, Anabel, for the link to this song, which I’m just now listening to. 🙂
    I wish yu and your a Happy New Year, especially in good health,
    Pit

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  25. Hey, I remember this version from Sex in the City as well (Please don’t judge me either)! Wishing you and John a wonderful 2018. And thanks again for the language lessons!

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  29. Hope you have a good ‘un Anabel.
    I like the alternative version of Auld Lang Syne. Wonder why the tune changed?
    (Like most people I only know the first verse 😉)

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  31. Well, when the bells right in the new year, I shall have a glass of wine, Golden in colour, 18 years old and made in a wee place called Tain. I look forward to your posts next year but hope that much of them will be in Glasgow. Sometimes I think of the song “And the dear green place I miss so much has seen much better days, but still we think about her as we go our seperate ways”. I wish you and himself, all the best for 2018 and I look forward to reading your new posts.- and I liked the different version of an auld sang.

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