ie ▁Scott , ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁he ▁travel led ▁the ▁roads ▁with ▁Dav ie ▁Stewart , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁singer , ▁and ▁who ▁played ▁the ▁bag pip es ▁and ▁accord ion . ▁Their ▁styles ▁were ▁very ▁different , ▁so ▁one ▁sang ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁collected . ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁" model ▁lod ging ▁houses ", ▁government - run ▁houses ▁for ▁hom eless ▁men , ▁slightly ▁better ▁than ▁" f lo ph ouses ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁Alan ▁L om ax ▁ ▁and ▁Ham ish ▁Hend erson ▁were ▁in ▁T urr iff , ▁when ▁they ▁heard ▁about ▁Jimmy ▁in ▁El gin . ▁At ▁the ▁prospect ▁of ▁living ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁Columbia ▁Records , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁T urr iff ▁and ▁stayed ▁at ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁hotel ▁rooms . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁London ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁earliest ▁folk ▁series ▁on ▁British ▁television . ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁he ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁folk ▁clubs . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁sang ▁" The ▁Bar ny ards ▁of ▁Del g aty " ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁Edinburgh ▁People ' s ▁Festival ▁Ce il id h , ▁the ▁audience ▁were ▁ra pt ur ous . ▁ ▁Re per toire ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁he ▁sang ▁has ▁been ▁passed ▁on ▁to ▁sing ers ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁times ▁of ▁the ▁Fol k ▁Rev ival ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Scotland ▁e . g . ▁" The ▁K each ▁in ▁the