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Tonight, much of the world will sing the same song, thanks to Robert Burns.

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From: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
Date: 20061231
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Byline: Richard Chin

Dec. 31--"Is not the Scots phrase 'Auld Lang Syne' exceedingly expressive... . Light be the turf on the breast of the heaven-inspired Poet who composed this glorious Fragment!" -- Robert Burns It has been called the most famous nonpolitical, nonreligious song in the world. But it's also "the song that nobody knows." It's what you'll be singing in a few hours. We're talking about "Auld Lang Syne," the sentimental soundtrack to billions of New Year midnight clinches around the globe for the last century or more. But how many partiers ...

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