South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

The Jeely Piece Song

And many more songs written by Adam McNaughtan.

Adam McNaughtan was a school teacher at Rutherglen Academy but he was also a very well established writer and performer of folk songs. Following the departure of Norman Buchan, Adam took over the running of the famous Rutherglen Academy Ballads Club.

As well as being an extremely skilled song writer, Adam had a great, booming singing voice. As such, he appeared at Folk Clubs and Festivals throughout Scotland.

He had a wicked sense of humour and this is often displayed in his song writing. However, he also had a very serious side and politics often crept in to his writing.

His song titles included the following:
The Jeely Piece Song, The Glasgow that I used to know, The Yellow on the Broom, They're Pulling Doon the Building Next to Oors, Erchie Cathcart, The Dear Green Place, Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Oor Hamlet

Sadly, Adam passed away only last year (2025) and we hope this show will be a suitable tribute to such a great man who will be greatly missed around the folk scene.

Performing his songs will be two ex-Rutherglen Academy pupils who have both firmly established themselves on the Scottish Folk Scene plus elsewhere throughout the world. The brothers, Fraser and Ian Bruce, sang as a duo during the 1980s recording three albums during that time as ‘Mrs Bruce's Boys’, although that wasn’t their stage name, it was more a nickname created by their fans as Mrs Bruce, their mother, often travelled with the boys and established herself as quite a character.

Ian Bruce established himself as one of Scotland's finest solo artistes following the decision in 1986 to terminate the duo. Ian has recorded more than 30 Albums with Fraser lagging well behind with only 8 to his name.

Available to book online or by calling Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Date: 8 August 2026

Time: 1:00pm

Cost: £6.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

Venue: Rutherglen Town Hall