I'm Steve Ember, and today we bring you music for the New Year.
In the United States and other countries, this old
Scottish song, Auld
Lang Syne
is played when a new year begins. The song is about remembering old
friends.
New Year's is a holiday for
memories and for
hopes. The past and the future
come together at midnight. Not surprisingly, emotions are as much a part of
New Year's Eve
as noisemakers and
fireworks. After all, a traditional way to
welcome the New Year is to kiss the person you love.
Old Lang Syne
lends its name to a modern song about a man and a woman who once were lovers. One day, a week before New Year's, they meet again
by chance.