Terry,
No, MacColl never lived in Scotland, he was born three months after his parents moved to Salford. Both his parents (mother from Perthshire, father from Falkirk) were singers and it was this that influenced his early interest in singing.
(Quote from D G Bridson's book on the BBC 'Prospero and Ariel):
"MacColl had been out busking for pennies by the Manchester theatres and cinemas. The songs he sang were unusual, Scots songs, Gaelic songs he had learned from his mother, border ballads and folk songs......"
That was in 1931.
MacColl's influences were Scots, and looking down the list of his songs, both self-composed and researched from the tradition, I find it hard to name any revival singer who has done more to introduce audiences to the Scottish repertoire in its entirety.
Jim Carroll