Ah Ha
Oh well that certainly rules out Ewan McColl

In the same age group could it be Archie Fisher, he has recorded with a plerothra of faces, places and styles , peut etre?
Also could be the kind of song the Battllefield band would do ... they wer in the states around the 70s
This the best I can do with the words so far. Corrections invited
Looks like a updated /sanitised version of Matt McGinns "Heilan man"

WHISKY DRINKIN' MAN

If you are a tourist
Or just passin thro
You'll need eyes in the back o yer heid
Tae see me comin thro

He'll never gie in
The whisky drinkin man
Wi his bagpipes on his shoulder
He serenades hi crew.... His clan

He'll watch ye fae the hilltops
He'll watch yer every move
You'll get nae peace
Till we're finished wi you

He'll never gie in
The whisky drinkin man
Wi his bagpipes on his shoulder
he serenades hi clan.... His clan


Get yersel some distance      ?
Gie yersel a chance    ?
Once ye hear the bagpipes play
Ye'll ken i'm comin doon

He'll never gie in
The whisky drinkin man
Wi his bagpipes on his shoulder
He serenades hi clan.... His clan