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Under the name Constant Billy This tune was very widespread in the Cotswold Morris, most often for stick or clapping dances, as well as being known more widely. According to the Traditional Tune Archive,That melody was written in the early 18th century by John MacMurdo of Kintail; it was published in Scotland. MacMurdo later emigrated to America), where it was thought to have been Irish in origin and called “Legacy (1) (The)“, until Captain Simon Frazer pointed out its true origins in his late 18th century-collected Airs and Melodies of the Highlands of Scotland.