Subject: [Harp-L] The first song to usher in the New Year, every year

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hi Ansel:
 
Being from Scotland I found this most interesting. While the part from 3:34 
 (or thereabouts) definitely hit THE most authentic notes for me, I found  
the rest of it extremely innovative and a fun take on Auld Lang Syne.
 
Thank you. 
 
The lyrics you posted on your YouTube are a bit anglicized since most  
English speakers have absolutely no way to comprehend the Scots dialect as  
originally written, but they're a fair enough translation of our poet, Rabbie  
Burns:
 
_http://www.bartleby.com/101/495.html_ 
(http://www.bartleby.com/101/495.html) 
 
This is my favourite vocal version by Dougie MacLean:
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA) 
 
So far yours is THE harmonica Auld Lang Syne I've enjoyed the most this  
year. Couldn't open the link to another and so this was a very nice way to  
welcome in the New Year after watching the ball descend in Times Square (with  
the sound off to what passes for musical acts on tv today). It was far too 
cold  to go out: still recovering from bronchial pneumonia so couldn't play 
along with  Dougie on my own chromatic as I usually do. (An A chromatic - 
button in,  mostly draw, sounds pretty good).
 
Appreciated yours instead.
 
Elizabeth (a/k/a Scotty)
 
Happy New Year 2013 everyone
 
"Message: 8
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 08:49:34 -0500
From: Ansel Barnum  <anselsb@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] The first song to usher in the  New Year, every year
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

I had no date to celebrate  New Year's Eve with, so instead I spent the
evening kissing my harmonica. And  being New Years, there was only one song
to play in anticipation of  midnight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Y9Y18S32A

Happy New  Years to all. May 2013 suck--and  blow.


Ansel"