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Whatever
the custom, most of people feel the same sentiment. With
a new year, we can expect a new life. We wish each other
good luck and promise ourselves to do better in the following
year. The song, "Auld Lang Syne," is sung at the stroke
of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in
the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written
by Robert Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in
1796 after Burns' death. Early variations of the song were
sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern
rendition. An old Scotch tune, "Auld Lang Syne" literally
means "old long ago," or simply, "the good old days."
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