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Ewan McVicar

Ewan McVicar

Ewan McVicar was born in Inverness in 1941. He worked as a banker in Scotland and Africa, then as a guitar teacher in the USA. On his return to Scotland, he was employed in various areas of social work before becoming a self-employed storyteller and songwriter. He has performed in over 200 schools and in castles, museums, folk festivals and other venues across Britain, as well as in Canada, the USA, Holland and Russia. He has written some 40 songs which have been commercially recorded, including 20 for the Singing Kettle children’s show. He lives in Linlithgow.

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My Grannie Caught a Flea, ABC

My Grannie Caught a Flea, ABC


ISBN: 9781841589374
Category: Scottish
Author: Ewan McVicar
Publication Date: April 2011
Format: Hardback
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

'A pleasure to dip into and browse ... the book forms an informal social history' - Facts & Fiction

'Highly reccomended.' - Living Tradition

Ewan McVicar, one of Scotland’s best-known storytellers and song writers, has collected songs in over 40 Scottish schools to create this new condensed compendium of the ‘hidden’ songs of Scots childhood.

 


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