The Sauchie Haugh refers to a willowy meadow by a river: in this instance the meadow which gave modern Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow its name.

The RSCDS leaflet gives the tune as <<ddt:Lord Eglinton's Auld Man#1008>> but a presumably earlier typescript suggests both <<ddt:Mrs Lumsden of Achindores#1327>> and <<ddt:Mr Hamilton of Pencaitland#1275>>.