Has an uncanny resemblance to the popular German song *Die Fischerin vom Bodensee* (*The Lake Constance Fisherwoman*) by Franz Winkler, 1947. According to <<https://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/hamish-menzies-2020.html|The Box and Fiddle>>, the composer, who spent time in Germany on National Service in the 1950s, was influenced by that tune (which also inspired a cheesy German film musical by the same name in 1956).

Various internet sources also give the title as "Remmerts of Hurford", "Remmerts of Hereford", "Remmerts of Hertford". Note that the title refers to Herford in eastern Westphalia, Germany
(rather than Hereford or Hertford in the UK), where
there was a significant presence of the British Army of the Rhine during the Cold War.  “Remmert” is a plausible German surname and in 2025, the Herford local telephone directory has four entries for various Remmerts.

The Session entry for "Trip to Bavaria" at <<https://thesession.org/tunes/15226>> explains the use of "Hamish's Tune" due to the original name being forgotten when it was recorded by Andrew Rankine. This is also mentioned in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3997/|issue 3997>>.