Sir Robert Ayton (1570 - 1638) was a Scottish poethttp://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/AuldLangSyne.5.shtml
George Bannatyne - Bannatyne Manuscript (1568)
http://digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/15682.html
Old Long Syne- James Watson (1711)
http://themanylivesofourlifetime.blogspot.com/2010/12/old-long-syne-by-james-watson-1711.html
http://lillyockenden.blogspot.com/2010/12/old-long-syne-james-watson-1711.html