The usual tune was written by James Scott Skinner.
It was also known as The Gordon Highlanders' March, first printed in the collection "Monikie Series no 3" in c 1890.
[2] A standard ceilidh instruction: Repeat ad lib.
For Scottish country dancers, the grip in the first eight bars is allemande hold.
A live demonstration was performed by the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society [1] in 2007.