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Thread #166826   Message #4015973
Posted By: Scabby Douglas
29-Oct-19 - 07:37 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Glasgow Corporation Song
Subject: RE: Origins: Glasgow Corporation Song
Thanks to Tattie Bogle for drawing my attention to this thread.
I have to say that I can't recall having heard this song. (Hello to Jack Foley, by the way. Good to see you at Motherwell last week)

It *could* be by Adam McNaughtan, but I'd have said that it doesn't strike me as having quite the spark of wit that I associate with Adam. Of course if it does turn out to be by Adam, I'll just have labelled this song as sub-par. It's pretty direct, and has some of the energy of Matt McGinn, but I think if it was one of Matt's we'd have been aware of it.
Datewise, the Eaterhouse/Frankie Vaughan reference makes it post-1968, but I can't find a reference to when the swimming pool in Easterhouse opened - but sometime after that, presumably.

I'll maybe ask on Facebook, and see if anyone has more info.
I suspect we'll get lots of people saying Adam McNaught and Matt McGinn, though.

:)

Cheers

SD
(Steven)