"New Year's song remains ingrained in public mind
Depending on where you celebrate New Year's Eve tonight, the turntables will spin Prince's 1999, Barry Manilow's It's Just Another New Year's Eve, or even, heaven forbid, Will Smith's Will 2K.
But at midnight, in almost every nightclub and home, on every television and radio, the song will be the same: Auld Lang Syne.
``It just fits the moment,'' says Tyrone Traher, who has studied the origins of the song. ``It's traditional. Kind of like how Amazing Grace is always played at a funeral.''
Except that most people can make it past the first line of Amazing Grace.
``Yes,'' Mr. Traher agrees with a chuckle. ``No one seems to know all the words.''
He pauses for a moment.
``Come to think of it, I've honestly never read all the words to the song,'' he concedes.
So there you have it: a Gaelic-riddled song with an old-fashioned melody that many Americans sing as ``should auld acquaintance be forgot ...'' and then trail off into a hum."
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