wˈɔltɚ skˈɑːt ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðˌɐɾɪt wʌzɐ wˈɛl nˈoʊn nˈɜːsɚɹi tˈeɪl ɪnðə skˈɑːɾɪʃ hˈaɪləndz ɪnðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.
Walter Scott reported that it was a well known nursery tale in the Scottish Highlands in the eighteenth century.