"There is more of the fire of native genius in it than in half a dozen of modern English Bacchanalians, " he wrote of "Auld LangSyne" in his letter to Mrs.
London-based Premier Christian Radio promised to play Millennium Prayer - the Lord's Prayer sung to the tune of Auld LangSyne - once an hour on Monday, and to keep it on top of its playlist until Christmas.
The Millennium Prayer achieved notoriety when it became clear that BBC Radio 2 and many other stations had refused to allow the song - which sets the words of The Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld LangSyne - into playlists.
As the exhibits regarding the origins of the "Auld LangSyne" melody show, these kinds of strathspey dance tunes were in circulation long before this one first became associated with Burns's poem in Thomson's "Select Collection" —published in 1799, shortly after the poet's death.