CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 17 Sep 18:01/12 *** ** ** 5/10 * ** ** ******** * ** ***** *** ** * ********* * ****** * * * *** ************ ********** * ********** ************* *** ** ****** * **** * *********** ** ******* *** ********** As an Englishman whose favourite poet is Robert Burns I fully agree with Niall Garvie (14/9). Burns simply took old Scots songs and set words for them.
At no point do the words "for the sake of" occur in Auld Lang Syne. No one would think of adding words to the National Anthem, yet Auld Lang Syne is the best known song in the world.
Let us sing it the way it was written.
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