Can anyone help me find out who wrote this song about the old Glasgow Corporation establishing housing schemes (estates!)? The mention of the "famous singer" has to refer to Frankie Vaughan, who visited Easterhouse in 1968.

The tune is almost certainly that of English song, The Tailor's Breeches, which became popular in Scotland with the publication of the Marrowbones collection by the EFDSS.

The Glesga Corporation Song

The Glesga Corporation does an awfy lot of work
The Provost in the city never ever wants tae shirk
One morning efter breakfast they sat him doon tae dream
He invented that monstrosity they call a housing scheme

A scheme, a scheme, a scheme m’lads, a scheme
He invented that monstrosity they call a housing scheme

He started off wi’ Easterhouse, Drumchapel, Carntyne
Castlemilk, Barlanark, Ruchazie built them fine
Pollock, Penilee, Nitshill, he threw them up wi’ speed
Saying: “I’ll go down in history for this atrocious deed.”

This deed, this deed, this deed m’lads, this deed
Saying: “I’ll go down in history for this atrocious deed.”

There's hooses upon hooses, oh and here and there a shop
There’s murder, rape, there’s violence but ye never see a cop
There’s great big dugs and bleedin’ lugs and greetin’, screamin’ weans
At night The Drumy and The Toye, wi razors, knifes and chains

Wi’ chains, wi’ chains, wi’ chains m’lads, wi’ chains
At night The Drumy and The Toye, wi’ razors, knifes and chains

Now a famous singer came tae town tae see what he could do
“There’s far too many children and amenities too few”
They opened up a swimming pool for Easterhouse’s neds
Now they don’t stab the passers-by, they droon them noo instead

Instead, instead, instead m’lads, instead
Now they don’t stab the passers-by the droon them noo instead

Each hoose is like its neighbour, painted yellow, green or cream
It’s the lesser of two evils living in a housing scheme
For the provost of the city, he’s clearing oot the rats
He’s changin’ a’ the tenements tae multi-storey flats

Tae flats, tae flats, tae flats m’lads, tae flats
He’s changin’ a’ the tenements tae multi-storey flats