Some of the lyrics were collated along with his own the. He was a Scottish poet and wrote the poem Auld Lang Syne in 1788. Scotland’s national poet and lyricist was born on this day in 1759, and produced some of the nation’s finest ballads in his brief 37 years. He was also known as Rabbie Burns and the Bard of Ayrshire.

Traditionally, the song is sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to bid adieu to the old year.

Our friend Rabbie was born on the 25th of January, 1759, at Burns Cottage at Alloway, and this is the traditional night for a Burns Supper, a tradition that began in 1801, five years after the poet’s. It is a traditional folk song and is well known in many English-speaking countries. Well, here we are, at Burns Night: the global celebration of the birth of the Bard of Scotland: Robert Burns. Portrait of Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery.Ī joyful Rabbie Burns’ Day from this Scotsman to all our Scots and would-be Scots readers, which, taken together, includes just about all o’ ye. ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is a poem in Scots-language written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

Rabbie burns auld lang syne