Top 5 Rock Versions of Auld Lang Syne and a Little History, too

We sing it every New Year's Eve but do you know the history behind this song?  Auld Lang Syne is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, according to Wikipedia, and set to the tune of a traditional folk song.

In the days of Auld Lang Syne is the equivalent of Once Upon a time in Scots retelling of fairy tales. The first lyrics were simpler.

Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,

and never thought upon;
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On old long syne.

CHORUS:

On old long syne my Jo,
On old long syne,
That thou canst never once reflect,
On old long syne.