"Jim, you'll enjoy his assertion that MacColl took the tune from an older Irish song, "The Shores of Erin"
It actually appeared under that title in a learned work on Sea lore, 'Folklore and the Sea' by Professor Horace Beck, as being typical of the songs sung by Kerry fishermen.
I don't mind that sort of thing too much - there's genuine ignorance and there's sheer vindictiveness and dishonesty.
"Auchterarder"
I think this arose from record notes written by Ken Goldstein for some of Ewan' early records on Riverside.
I have no idea whether this was a mistake on Ken's part or Ewan wishing to create a Scots persona for himself, which is possible, but would have been a little foolish as he was already well established as a playwright coming from Salford.
I was once amused by Ewan's discomfort when I had a meal in their home once and his mother Betsy loudly declared to me across the table "we christened him Jimmy, you know"
Jim Carroll