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Shawfield Greyhound Stadium

by Scotstown Dance Band

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When we were students, we would sometimes visit Shawfield Greyhound Stadium on a Friday or Saturday night. We stuck tiny bets on dogs with good names, very rarely winning a penny back. There was undoubtedly a grotty glamour to it all - standing trackside with a roll-up between your lips, waving a racing timetable around, your collar turned against the wind. However, it is also a cruel sport, and we would read things in the newspapers which made it very difficult for us to pretend otherwise. Growing up, our household had a rescue greyhound called Dandy. Our sister once tried to feed him a handful of grass, mistaking him for horse when she was tiny. I remember thinking that the dogs looked happy enough as they sprinted down the track, but to rescue a creature is surely to save it from something. After a while we stopped going.

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She said it's cruel and it's outdated
They keep the dogs in cages
I said they look like they enjoy themselves
Come with me to the races

I don't care for the form
Just what the bitch's name is
And there's the dog called 'Buckfast Annie'
And she's taken all my wages

I light a single-skinner and pick myself a winner
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
I drink a liquid dinner, turn my collar to the winter
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium

She said they raise the dogs from young
Like lambs for their slaughter
And Celtic fans play gentlemen in Ralph Lauren and Barbour

I said the dogs move like the wind
Blown in from somewhere harsher
And there's a dog they fill with gear
That reminds me of my father

I light a single-skinner and pick myself a winner
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
I drink a liquid dinner, turn my collar to the winter
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
Ooh the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
Ooh the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium

I light a single-skinner and pick myself a winner
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
I drink a liquid dinner, turn my collar to the winter
At the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
Ooh the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium
Ooh the Shawfield Greyhound Stadium

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released January 18, 2024
Lyrics by Rory Scott Green
Music by Rory Scott Green, Jacob John Ellis Green, Megan Amanda McNally, Allan James Nairn

Rory Green - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jacob Green - accordion
Allan Nairn - drums, fiddle
Megan McNally - electric guitar
Freddie Patterson - bass guitar

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Scotstown Dance Band Scotland, UK

Scotstown Dance Band, from rural west-Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, are led by brothers Jacob and Rory Green.The accordion, played by Jacob Green, is a vital ingredient. But just as vital is the influence of guitar driven indie music, and sharp lyricism that paints an often celebratory yet always unsentimental picture of Scotland. ... more

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