"The Iron Man" is a Scottish strathspey written by J. Scott Skinner to honor his benefactor, William McHardy, Skinner’s friend, for whom he also wrote "The Laird O’ Drumblair". It was printed in Phillips' Fiddlecase Tunebook: British Isles (1989), Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Cranford's Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes (1997), Hunter's Fiddle Music of Scotland (1988), Martin's Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4 (1991), Martin's Traditional Scottish Fiddling (2002), Perlman's The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (1996) and Shears' Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1 (1986). It was recorded by The Chieftains on A Chieftains Celebration (1988), Battlefield Band on Home Is Where The Van Is (1981), Ken Perlman on Northern Banjo (2007), Tommy Peoples with Daithi Sproule on The Iron Man (1985), Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long on The Steeplechase (1989), James Scott Skinner on The Strathspey King (1975), Boys of The Lough on Wish You Were Here (1978), Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald on Classic Cuts, Cape Cod Fiddlers on Concert Collection II (1999), Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton) on In Jig Time! (1995) and Joseph Cormier on Scottish Violin Music of Cape Breton (1974).