‘Auld Lang Syne’ – Forging the Link and Building the Chain

January 5, 2010

As we end 2009 and usher in 2010, the famous “Auld Lang Syne” originally written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788 comes to mind. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the song, it is normally sung, danced, and reveled at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve all over the world to usher in the New Year. Auld Lang syne literally means "old long since," “olden times” or simply put in modern terms "good ole days.” I like to start off this article by quoting the chorus verse from the poem written in 1778: “We two…