Auld Lang Syne

...A song that is loved at school graduation ceremonies and farewell parties. The original song was "Auld Lang Syne" ("Long Ago"), written by Scottish folk poet R. Burns and published in 1794, and became popular as a farewell song in the UK and the US. In Japan, it was featured under the title "Hotaru" in the "Primary School Song Collection, First Edition" (1881) compiled by the Ministry of Education's Music Investigation Office, and later became popular as "Hotaru no Hikari" ("Hotaru no Hikari").

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Auld Lang Syne" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…学校の卒業式や送別の会で愛唱されている歌。原曲はスコットランド民謡詩人R.バーンズが作詞して1794年発表した《Auld Lang Syne(久しき昔)》で，イギリス，アメリカでは送別歌として普及した。日本では文部省音楽取調掛編《小学唱歌集初編》(1881)に《蛍》の題で取り上げられ，のち〈蛍の光〉として広まった。…

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