ies , ▁or ▁farm ▁h uts ▁where ▁the ▁male ▁farm ▁workers ▁lived . ▁He ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁trav eller ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁life ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁he ▁took ▁his ▁first ▁long ▁walk , ▁from ▁In ver ness ▁to ▁Per th . ▁In ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Gordon ▁High land ers ▁and ▁fought ▁in ▁Fland ers . ▁Later ▁he ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Medical ▁Corps ▁during ▁the ▁Ang lo - I r ish ▁War . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁he ▁was ▁dem ob bed . ▁Working ▁as ▁a ▁kitchen ▁por ter , ▁begg ing ▁and ▁at ▁season al ▁fruit ▁pick ing , ▁he ▁set ▁about ▁tr amp ing ▁the ▁roads ▁of ▁Scotland , ▁England , ▁the ▁Channel ▁Islands , ▁and ▁even ▁Nova ▁Scot ia . ▁In ▁the ▁streets , ▁pub s , ▁h iring ▁fair s ▁and ▁mark ets ▁he ▁earned ▁money ▁by ▁singing . ▁It ▁is ▁even ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁sang ▁in ▁cin emas ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁piano ▁for ▁silent ▁films . ▁He ▁t ended ▁to ▁w ander ▁during ▁the ▁summer , ▁and ▁spend ▁the ▁winter ▁in ▁El gin . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁Tor - Na - De e ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Aber de en ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁Port so y . ▁ ▁Sing ing ▁career ▁Jimmy ▁Mac Be ath ▁was ▁a ▁" trad itional ▁singer ". ▁He ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁generation ▁to ▁sing ▁traditional ▁songs ▁in ▁both ies , ▁along ▁with ▁John ▁Stra chan , ▁and ▁Will