The iconic tune imagines a parent flinging a "jeely piece" from the top of a tower block to a hungry child below. He led a varied life as a teacher, singer, and songwriter, and later became a bookseller while collecting folk songs. Adam McNaughtan, author of the kids song, "The Jelly Piece Song" outside the Mitchellhill Road flats, castlemilk which was the inspiration for his song. “The Jeely Piece song is a perfect example of him seeing the story of these people who had moved into the flats. “These songs have been taken forward into the folk music of today.”READ NEXT: 9 high-rise demolitions that reshaped Glasgow's skylineThe Mitchellhill Road flats in Castlemilk inspired the Jeely Piece song, but have since been demolished.

Source: The Times December 07, 2025 03:02 UTC