+ nme By the end of the 1920s, most American families had access to a radio, which became the focus of family eveningsathome. Atmidnighton the last day of 1929, the popular orchestra of Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians broadcast their tremulous version of “Auld Lang Syne.” Since then, the song has been obligatory on New Year's Eve. Strangely, little is known about its origins. The Scottish poet Robert Burns is given credit for some of the verses, but the first and best-known verse, as well as the music, are of unknown authorship. The title means “old times’ sake.” AULD [LANG SYNE oe Musie: Traditional Scottish Melody GmiB> C7 F FIA Bb 4 24 Fimly & ant i 14 4 ‘mind? thine, Should nev - er brought t0 We'll gives a hand o° 1. Should 2. And auld ac-quain-tance | be for-got_and here's a hand, my trust - y friend, and nf GmBb COATICE. «Dm BboC7 OF auld ac-quain-tance | be for got kind - ness yet of auld lang Jlang— take a cup of, GmB> C7 F FIA Bb Gtdim7 syne, my dear, ATICH Dm Bc 6 = 2 GmBb oC BE) oF Dm 4 4 —S auld. kind - ness yet for— (© 2008 ALFRED PUBLISHING CO,, INC. All Rights Reserved WORLD'S GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS. 7