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# Ewan MacColl

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James Henry Miller, better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he was one of the originators of the 1960s folk revival and wrote such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your

##  Quotes by Ewan MacColl

> [My function is not to reassure people. I want to make them uncomfortable. To send them out of the place arguing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-maccoll/my-function-is-not-to-reassure-people-i-want-to-make-them/)

[Ewan MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-maccoll/)

[Arguing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arguing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ewan-maccoll-72403_arguing_my-function-is-not-to-reassure-people-i_89616.jpg)

> [The first time I ever saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes and the moon and the stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-maccoll/the-first-time-i-ever-saw-your-face-i-thought-the-sun-rose-in-your/)

[Ewan MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-maccoll/)

[Beautiful eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-eyes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/ewan-maccoll-72403_beautiful-eyes_the-first-time-i-ever-saw-your-face-i-th_746639.jpg)

> [“All you freeborn men of the travelling people Every tinker, rolling stone and gypsy rover Winds of change are blowing, old ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-maccoll/all-you-freeborn-men-of-the-travelling-people-every-tinker-rolling/)

[Ewan MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-maccoll/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/ewan-maccoll-72403_change_all-you-freeborn-men-of-the-travelling-p_1486614.jpg)

> [I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people. Got no fixed abode, and no man is my master. Country lanes and byways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-maccoll/i-m-a-freeborn-man-of-the-travelling-people-got-no-fixed-abode-and-no/)

[Ewan MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-maccoll/)

[Abode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abode/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/ewan-maccoll-72403_abode_i-m-a-freeborn-man-of-the-travelling-peo_2074265.jpg)

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