Auld Lang Syne the most sung song in the World

[luvjesus72]

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!! Whittier CA

[horsescb03]

Happy New year from Carrollton, Georgia.

[busconductres]

Brilliant voice, Happy New Year 2012 to all my family in Scotland,  from New York!!!!!!

[CressidaTussaud]

Happy new year from Mars!

[jeffair5]

Happy New Years from Concord, California.

[el4ment]

Happy New Year from Rancho Cucamonga, Ca

[ovwr2002]

Peace-filled New Year from Long Beach, CA.  80 degrees today!

[jrios929]

Happy New Years From San Diego California

[fordhonda230]

Happy New Year from everyone up here in Canada, and let 2012 be a happy, peaceful year for everyone.

[RU4VOLS]

Happy New Year World from Tennessee!

Wishing everyone peace and love...

[BewitchedRULES11]

Happy New Year from Montpelier, Vermont!!!

[ROYALEWITHCHEESE70]

This aint the proper version..its no "ma dear"

[ROYALEWITHCHEESE70]

@ROYALEWITHCHEESE70 as for youre wording yes you are spot on..we still do all the crossing arms and in a circle and go to the middle then back again here in Bonnie Bonnie Alba (thats gaelic for scotland btw lol)

[furrantee]

Happy New Year! I wonder how many hits YouTube is getting on this song tonight....ahem...this morning.

[celticdruid3]

I am singing this right now Happy New Years 2012....

[opikokew55]

Happy New Year from Saskatchewan, Canada

[SoleMan117]

Happy New Year,

from Augusta Georgia.

[xCoolguy101x]

Happy new year!!!!

Ftom Seattle, WA

[lenoxroad]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

[Bicki2008]

Happy New Year Everyone from New Jersey, USA

[anglerofdeath1]

Excellent, I love the history.

[TrillianAlice]

Happy New Year from the USA but am far from my birthplace of London, England

Happy 2012 Everyone.

[pokeman747]

happy new year for Newcastle upon Tyne. also this song was written by the most famous Scotsman ever Robert Burns

[MrMonikura]

Happy 2012 from Australia

[GlasgowGangster1]

Happy new year from Bonnie Scotland ;)xx

[donkey730]

@GlasgowGangster1 and a happy new year from the south east, Scotland is definately Bonnie but bloody freezing

[suckmycod]

Most sung song..........FREEBIRD!!!!!!

[iAREanthonyyy]

lol this is the first time i can see/understand the words to the New Years song... I always just go DAA DAAAAAAAAAAAA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAA DA DA

[flungingpictures]

zzahier

Who was the singer of this version?

happy New year to you and yours.

[jeffsoundfreak]

not most viewed

just sayin...

[metallicaxxx420]

@jeffsoundfreak haha

[oOerikstOo]

somehow this song fills me with the desire to grab a sword and go adventure for honor and glory.. unfortunately i dont have any swords at home

[rcmartful]

i remember my friend frank,when i heard that a scottman robert burns who wrote this song

long live scottland

[Prancer890]

do you not mean "most sung POEM in the world" considering it is a poem and not a song :).

[VinceGwhite]

@Prancer890 A poem set to music is a song. So no, he meant song.

[limseana546]

@VinceGwhite Thank you! Hate it when people say idiotic things trying to sound smart and get a top comment.

[Prancer890]

@limseana546 how am i saying ideotic things and i didnt want top comment and i dont mean to "sound smart" so yea dont judge :)!.

[Prancer890]

@VinceGwhite this poem was wrote before it was fitted into a song!.

[VinceGwhite]

@Prancer890 Yes, I know that. Many songs were originally poems, which were later set to music, like the American National Anthem (and many of the world's nations anthems.) And by definition, you don't sing a poem, you sing songs.

[Prancer890]

@VinceGwhite oh my deepest apology for getting my sentence wrong...does it actually matter! and well then basically your contradicting yourself!.

[VinceGwhite]

@Prancer890 First of all, your spelling and grammar is awful, so talking to you is painful. Second of all, I never in any way contradicted myself.

[Prancer890]

@VinceGwhite im so sorry im bloody dyslexic!!!!!!

[ElTigre882001]

@Prancer890

Robert Burns was actually a song wrighter. Many songs are put as words before combined with music. And this is not the tune Burns put to this. This a modified version, and the origional sounds much different.

[TheyCallMeThatPerson]

This isn't the most sung song, it's the most recognizable. At least that's what I've heard.

[EFRENQUINONES14]

here is the real new year song wigth llyrics

[edward0988]

Thank you for the posting and I enjoyed the comments, it really is a great song and you did a good job in explaining its history.

[pilot2860]

Who is a singer of this particular song version?

[SasukeGoM]

Proud to be Scottish!

[9540144]

It would also mark the passing-out of a batch (i.e. ORD, Commissioning Parades) and are played during the slow march... And for ORD, when the chorus is played, regular officers will execute their sword salutes and RSMs will execute a salute with their pace-stick as a sign of appreciation to the men and women for their service in the SAF.

[nooyawkfun]

I'd like to clarify - Burns' original melody as given to James Johnson to publish was lost; but somehow the lyrics were associated with a tune created by George Thomson? From your description, the 2 manuscripts were contemporaneous with each other. The original was lost?

[naymelful]

Thanks so much for posting and providing some education. I didn't realize it was such a beautiful song. CHEERS! to the passing of time and THIS...............once upon a time.

[MiCkH93]

god bless rabby burns xD

[schnellberz]

txmeerkat you are coorect. Happy Birthday is the song that is sang more than any other.

[rmacsporran]

one of the best versions of auld lang syne ive heard .

[shogun3331]

nie słyszałem piękniejszej piosenki i melodii jak żyję tyle lat i za każdym razem zbiera mi się na płacz i można powiedzieć na RYK!!!!

shogun3331

[shirl8ph]

I can't wait for new year 2011!

[simoncitoish]

BELLA CANCIÓN DE ORIGEN ANGLOSAJÓN.SIRVIÓ DE TEMA MUSICAL EL LA PELÍCULA THE WATERLOO BRIDGE.

DE COLOMBIA CON MUCHO AMOR

HENADO GOMEZ GOMEZ

[FuturoUSASoldato]

please tell me who the singer is!!

and is there a way to strip the words out and make it instrumental?

[RockQueen231]

A scottish dance is called a celigh( cant spell it.)

[namenslos93]

how do I know this song? It's so familiar..

[livstar93]

its always played on New Year's in every country that has been settled in by teh scots since it was written a few hundred years ago.

[compilerwriter]

In Japan it is often played when ferries depart the dock as well.

[livstar93]

cool. it was originally sung at dinner parties, just as the guests were leaving. they would all hold hands and stand together while singing

[9missClaire]

@livstar93 Thats rite 

[jackealio123]

Its on some well known movies, like 'The Last Emperor' its also traditionally sung at news years :P

[weazle1991]

@namenslos93 Maybe because its the most sung song in the world.....

[OceanLife772]

Thank you for ALL the info!!! I had NO idea! My husband LOVES this song to the tune of palying it over and over on the eve of 12/31.......HAPPY NEW YEAR and a HEALTHY ONE!!! :)

[mirmocha]

@OceanLife772 Goodbye 2 years ago. Hello 2012! :D

[txmeerkat]

I love the song Auld Lang Syne, but I believe the most sung song in the world is "Happy Brthday" (It's sung every day).

[zachtjulian]

@txmeerkat That reminded me of the part on the movie "Elf" where Buddy asks Santa what he sang to him on his birthday. "Why Happy Birthday of course!!" haha

[colin1951]

@txmeerkat

But today they are right

[MusicTehMan]

@txmeerkat Lol, that was originally Good Morning. The writer died 1 day before copyright came out.....

[nade486]

@txmeerkat Wouldn't the Chinese version of Happy Birthday be the most sung song?

[latuacantante121]

@nade486 3,561,644 happy birthdays are sung in china every day, statistically, so probably. Hooray for boredom and a calculator!

[truvianni]

@txmeerkat actually I live in Poland and this song is never sung on somebody's birthday. Polish being a language which does not even have the expression happy birthday and I can imagine it is not the only country in the world where this song is not sung.

[Westyrulz]

@truvianni Slavs must learn this song!!

[truvianni]

@Westyrulz you are right

[allthingsOlympic]

@txmeerkat cant argue there tehe

[c4un544n5]

@txmeerkat Haha!

[legomilitary2011]

@txmeerkat lol

[b8050124]

sorry but that is wrong , robie burns didnt write it he copied it from a poem he read as a child

[AnElephantsChild]

Sorry that should be 'willie waught'.

[AnElephantsChild]

Very good but it was never a poem.

It was an old folk song long before Rab Burns (NEVER Rabbie) wrote it down & changed it a little.

The only question that remains is what is a 'willy-watt' ?

Happy New-Year xxx

[jamaicabeachbum]

Wow...Thank you for this most informative piece of work! I'm having a New Years Eve party and will try to have a circle dance to the beloved "Auld" song! Thanks for this.

[tricker1957]

Superb ,most informative

[suzynsal]

Thank You for this video! I love it.

[Obinne]

Thanks ZZahier for uploading