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Though they might not realize it, New Year's Eve celebrants are honoring a world-renowned Scottish poet and lyricist each time they sing along to "Auld Lang Syne" as the clock strikes midnight and the calendar turns from one year to the next.

Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1788 and trans...