Nan Moncharsh Reiner ’77

4 Weeks Ago

Old Nassau and Auld Lang Syne

“Old Nassau” was originally written to the melody of “Auld Lang Syne.” 

And voilà, the 77-gigawatt light bulb above my head! As a singer and song parodist, I’d been slightly rankled for the past 52 years by the unnatural stress on the last syllable of “Nassau.” Singing its lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne” just now, they fit like a well-worn baseball glove.

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