Willie Scott spent some sixty years as a shepherd in the Scottish Borders, working hills in Liddesdale, Ettrick and Yarrow and making fine shepherds’ crooks along the way. Francis Collinson recorded him for the School of Scottish Studies in 1950, and after retiring to Hawick in 1968 he sang at festivals and clubs across Scotland and England. Alison McMorland gathered his songs in Herd Laddie o the Glen.
Willie Scott
Traditional singer; Border shepherd and crook maker
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1989
Further reading: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame · Tobar an Dualchais