Actually, that was not my statement, but of Tom Beveridge who was responsible for some of the content on the Corries Discography page. I know Spanish Lady, but only from the Fureys on the Bell/Furey album mentioned above. Following the link I gave will let you hear a bit of Spanish Lady. I searched their site for Ettrick Lady and found that it is on The Corries Live From Scotland Album. The sound sample for that is all instrumental intro except for a second or two, but the tune is (to my ears) the same. I am definitely the wrong person to venture any opinion or information beyond that.

I DID do a copyright search at both ASCAP and BMI, with these results:

ASCAP returned one result, writers: Brian Alexander Keane & Joan Marie Madden (Joanie Madden of Cherish The Ladies), Publisher: Brian Keane Music Inc.

BMI had four results:

William Gordon Smith, Beechwood Music Corporation

Loreena McKennitt, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co.

Will R Millar/Traditional, no publisher listed (Irish Rovers)

Geoffry Noble/Traditional, no publisher listed (I didn't have to look the others up, but this one I did, and I confess to knowing no more after looking up his name than before I looked. His list of other works makes me think he is Canadian, probably from BC.)

Will Millar had an amazing list of 523 "compositions", quite a body of work, sort of a hits of the ages. Annie Laurie, Barbara Allen, Bard of Armagh, Black Velvet Band, Blue Tail Fly ~~ you get the picture.

For what it's worth, there was ONE listing for William Gordon Smith.

Neither site gives dates, which would be extremely helpful, but they don't, so there you go. I started to search Socan, but couldn't seem to find the right buttons to push so I gave up.