A Gaelic folk song collected from the singing of Mary MacInnes on the isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, whose piano arrangement modified the tune a little. She also added this English lyric. It was published by Boosey & Co in Volume 1 of "Songs of the Hebrides and Other Celtic Songs from the Highlands of Scotland" by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth MacLeod.