New Year's Eve - Auld Lang Syne - What does it mean

There are scores of traditional Christmas songs, but New Year's really just has the one—and we're willing to bet you don't even know what it means. (We certainly didn't!) Belting out “Auld Lang Syne“ while watching the ball drop is a cherished New Year's tradition. Yet most of us join in without knowing what “auld lang syne“ means, what language it is or even what it has to do with New Year's. We'll fill you in so you can use the saying in your New Year's captions with confidence. Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll take a cup of kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And surely you'll buy your pint cup! And surely I'll buy mine! And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. CHORUS We two have run about the slopes, And picked th