I happened to play a CD last week that I haven't listen to for awhile.
The Tradition Years - Classic Scots Ballads, sung by Ewan MacColl.

This is a 2005 CD re-issue of the original 1961 (?) vinyl version.

I assume the notes are from the original sleeve, and I quote in part:
"EWAN MacCOLL was born in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of a Lowland Scots father and a Gaelic-speaking mother, both of whom had an extensive repertoire of Scots folksongs and ballads."

I assume that this information was given them by Ewan? There is NO mention of Salford!

How much can we believe?

Tim Radford