In Book 30 the RSCDS says this dance was adapted from a 1728 edition of the Playford dances. A version of the dance was also published in an earlier edition of Playford dating from 1718. The latter is available online at <<https://playforddances.com/dances-2-3/highland-lass-2/>>. Some discussion of this can be found in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2967/|issue 2967>>.