"Flett fae Flotta" or "Flett from Flotta" is a Scottish march in 4/4 time and A Major. The parts are played AB. It was composed by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod. Flotta is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow which was the United Kingdom's chief naval base during the First and Second World Wars. The title refers to George (Dode) Flett (or William A. Flett), who was a Highland Piper in the Seaforth Highlanders, along with the tune's composer, Donald MacLeod. A couple of stories are attached to the tune. One has it that Flett had a peculiar walking gate, and MacLeod's tune is in imitation of it. Another story goes that MacLeod and another piper had guard duty on a train, protecting the regimental silver as it was being transported for some function in London. To pass the time, they brought out their chanters and began to play and MacLeod suggested they compose a tune together. They came up with this march and cast about for a title. MacLeod inquired of the other piper's name and applied it to the march. A photograph exists of Flett from Flotta marching troops in desert operations during WW2. Flett died in 1998 in New South Wales, to which he retired in 1967. It was printed in Martin's Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3 (1988). It was recorded by Abby Newton on Castles, Kirks and Caves (2001).