Originally published in 1820 by John Sutherland, Edinburgh in a booklet linked to Sir Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian. The Laird of Dumbiedykes is one of the characters in the novel. This version of the dance was reconstructed by the RSCDS in 2021 to mark the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth. 

An alternative version was published in RSCDS Book 12 in 1938. <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/3656/>>