Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song is Scottish, which is fitting when you consider that in Scotland the New Year's celebration known as Hogmanay is of ...

Why we sing 'Auld Lang Syne' on New Year's Eve Scottish poet Michael Pedersen explains how the 200-year-old song "Auld Lang Syne" became a global ritual of reunion, friendship and shared memory sung ...

As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power ...