This waltz was written by Pete Sutherland but is sometimes incorrectly credited to Julee Glaub, who recorded it on her 2001 CD Fields Faraway. It was published in the book The Neighborhood Waltz: Original and Traditional Waltzes by Pete Sutherland, and included on the CD Sunday River (A Pete Sutherland Waltz Collection).
This tune was composed in 18th century Scotland by John Riddell. Some sources list it as a composition of fiddler Mike MacDougall (1928-1992), who lived in Ingonish on Cape Breton. However, he appears to have been the source for tune and not its author.