Here are the lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne,' because we know you don't really know them

By Lee DeVito

Dec 31, 2015 at 9:33 am

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Here are the lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne,' because we know you don't really know them

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While dispensing some advice on how to drink (and how not to drink) on New Year's Eve, Metro Times' Michael Jackman made a keen observation: nobody these days really knows the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne," the 1788 Robert Burns poem that has become a popular drunken way to bid farewell to the old year at midnight.

Instead of explaining everything here, we're going to turn to Genius, the lyrics annotation website formerly known as Rap Genius of which Detroit's own Dan Gilbert is an investor.

Take it away, Dan.

Read “Auld Lang Syne” by Robert Burns on Genius

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito is the editor in chief of Detroit Metro Times since 2016. His writing has also been published in CREEM, VICE, In These Times, and New City. He once asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with an issue of Metro Times. She obliged.

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