- Written by
- Robert Burns, [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1797
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Robert Burns claimed that "[This] song [is] an old song, of the olden times, which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing".
Actually, a lot of poems with similar lyrics were written before Burns' adaptation, the oldest being probably "Auld Kyndnes foryett", found in the 1568 "Bannatyne Manuscript".
First published in the "Scots Musical Museum", the title means "Old Long Since". - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Auld Lang Syne written by Robert Burns, [Traditional] English 1797
- L' hora dels adéus written by unknown author(s) Catalan
- Na rozloučenou written by Ivo Fischer Czech 1978
- For læng, læng sind written by Jeppe Aakjær Danish 1923
- Stakkels Jim written by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Søren Berlev, Tommy Bogs, Mogens Mogensen Danish 1974
- De laatste wals written by Ger Rensen, Addy Kleijngeld Dutch 1967
- Vaarwel written by Gerrit den Braber, Paul Natte Dutch May 19, 1979
- Wij houden van Oranje written by Hans van Hemert Dutch 1988
- Al wat was written by Jan Rot Dutch 2007
- Christmas Auld Lang Syne written by Mann Curtis, Frank Military English August 18, 1960
- Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other written by Allan Sherman, Lou Busch English November 30, 1962
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She's Leavin' (Bonnie, Please Don't Go)
written by Kevin Johnson
English
January 1971
— The tune is heard all through the song and "Auld Lang Syne" is even mentioned in the lyrics
- Babička written by Ivan Mládek Czech 1993
- The Millennium Prayer English November 15, 1999 — melody
- All Glory Be to Christ written by Dustin Kensrue English November 27, 2012
- For All That You Have Done written by unknown author(s) English November 17, 2014
- Auld Lang Syne (Here's to the Good Old Days) written by Ryan Ahlwardt English November 8, 2019 — adds new musical and lyrical elements
- Auld Lang Syne written by Grant-Lee Phillips English November 6, 2020
- December 26th (Auld Lang Syne) written by Ben Glover, David Crowder, Jeff Sojka English October 21, 2022 — New verses and melody with standard English words/melody as the chorus
- Nehmt Abschied Brüder written by Claus Ludwig Laue German 1946
- Candlelight Waltz written by Peter Alexander German 1977
- Es ist zu spät für ein Goodbye written by Erich Offierowski German 1991
- Wer weiss written by Hannes Wader German 1995
- Auld Lang Syne written by unknown author(s) Hawaiian
- Valzer delle candele written by Giuseppe Perotti, Giacomo Mario Gili Italian
- Vals de las velas written by Manuel Salina Spanish 1959
- Godnattvalsen written by Lennart Reuterskiöld Swedish 1942