Robert Aytoun of the first Scots to write in standard English. His major work was "Diophantus and Charidora". "Inconstancy Upbraided" is perhaps the best of his short poems. He is credited with a little poem, "Old Long Syne", which probably suggested Robert Burns's famous "Auld Lang Syne". He is also the author of a ballad called "Bothwell" about the battle fought by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell with the border reiver, John Elliot of Park, also known as Little Jock Elliot or Little Jock of the Park. The ballad recounts how Bothwell, in attempting to arrest Little Jock Elliot, suffers life-threatening
The Millennium Prayer The Millennium Prayer "The Millennium Prayer" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard, where the words of "The Lord's Prayer" are set to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne". It was released in November 1999 as a charity single in the lead up to the new millennium. The single became a surprise hit reaching number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, number 2 in Australia and New Zealand, number 3 in Ireland, and the top 20 in a number of European countries. The original adaption of "The Lord's Prayer" to "Auld Lang Syne" was created by composer Paul