Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days auld lang syne?”
Isn’t is funny how we can hear and sing a song so many times and not know the meaning of it? For a couple weeks I have been singing this song in my head. Actually the part I’ve been singing is “should all aquaintance be forgot” over and over! On Christmas Eve I caught myself singing this line again. I paused in my kitchen and said out loud to all who were there, “who would really wanna forget all their aquaintances?” ( I can understand some….) But, then I wondered if I was interpreting the word’s correctly. I took a minute to ask Google.
Here’s a little schooling on the song. It turns out that ” Auld Lang Syne” is an extremely old Scottish song written by a man named Robbie Burns back in the 1700’s, who was a “rockstar” of his time. A good translation of the words ” auld lang syne” is times gone by. When we sing this song we are saying, “we’ll drink a cup of kindness yet for times gone by.”
So at the stroke of midnight and after all the cheer, we bid farewell to the previous year and hail to the new while singing Auld Lang Syne.
The significance of this song to me, or possibly the reason I was subconsciously singing it was to drink a cup of cheer myself! To think about the good times and let go of the bad.
It’s a challenge, but think of the good memories and forget the regrets.
I’m wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Have a cup of cheer!
