The tune is, of course, a variant of "Fareweel Tae the Creeks", by Pipe Major James Robertson of Banff, which is the tune Hamish Henderson used for "The 51st Highland Division's Farewell to Sicily", and the original tune is what is used for the bit shown as la-la above, though when I sing it, I use "hi-heederum, hoderum" as in canntaireachd.