I have heard Ewan McColl's Scottish stuff, I have his books, and I named my son Ewan in his honour, so I'm not exactly anti him, just his inclusion as a Scottish/Scots Balladeer. He was a very complex character, and I find his need to be accepted as a Scot under an assumed name, as opposed to using his own equally Scottish, birth name curious. It should be possible to establish ones credentials through ones talent, and he undoubtedly had plenty of that. Anyway I digress, for my way of thinking, the term Scots balladeer in this instance, should mean native born.
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