The melody is a version of an old Scottish tune. You can see the words to Auld Lang Syne HERE and HERE . New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year. People in almost every country celebrate this day as a holiday. The celebrations are both festive and serious.
Many people make New Year's resolutions to break bad habits or to start good ones.
Some think about how they have lived during the past year and look forward to the next 12 months. Many ancient peoples started the year at harvesttime. They performed rituals to do away with the past and purify themselves for the new year. For example, some people put out the fires they were using and started new ones. In early times, the ancient Romans gave each other New Year's gifts of branches from sacred trees.