@JohnGreen explores the Song #AuldLangSyne

That exploration is linked through 'the main word' below; but I feel it's more important to understand that word better. And I find that you understand words better when you look at the other words at the bases of the words you're thinking-of ...

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The song-title “Auld Lang Syne” is built on ancient words that mean something like (John says, and my source agrees) "Old Long |Since" (John reminds us that Americans use a similar phrase, "(for) Old Times' Sake").

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I like the version of it that John says British soldiers sang in the barracks in Germany:

We're 

Here, because we're

Here, because we're

Here, because we're

Here.

We're

Here, because we're

Here, because we're

Here, because we're

Here.

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