Collected from John Gordon of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. This dance was a favourite in Aberdeenshire during the 17th century, and later revived in Canada.

It was originally entered, incorrectly, in the database as The Huntley Reel. This is kept as a (mis)spelling alias.  
  
First published by Mary Isdale MacNab/Elizabeth Sutorius in a leaflet in 1961.