Auld Lang Syne

On my trip in Spain and Portugal, we learnt that they eat 12 grapes 12 seconds before the strike of twelve to welcome the new year. The British sing Auld Lang Syne instead. We sang it on the streets during the Hogmany Street Party along with the Scots and tourist. After some search, I figured out the reason why. The song is really Scottish! Robert Burns rewrote the original poem and fitted it to an old Scottish tune.

Seems that the original tune sounded like this -

and in true Scottish style, one can try to sing the popularised version today in Scottish pronunciation!