A SONG FOR SHIELDFIELD

Workshop

Saturday 22 October, 2022

1pm

Shieldfield Art Works

After research revealed that the neighbourhood had no folk song, pop song, or nursery rhyme to its name Ceitidh Mac and Andrew Wilson delivered a Song for Shieldfield workshop as an invitation to make our own.

All were welcome to attend, no experience in music or song writing was necessary.

The result was ‘A Song for Shieldfield’ which can be heard below and was used in the feature film 100 People: A Portrait of Existence.

A Song for Shieldfield (Lyrics)

At the wild and windy corner

Near the Shieldfield high-rise flats

You’ll meet a canny group of folk

Sitting, laughing, sharing a joke

Shieldfield, Shieldfield is life

People swinging oh so high

Shieldfield is a safe space

Behind each door a smiling face

More dogs walking and children chatting

The Sundial telling us when to relax

Riding bikes and running around crazy

Echoing in the Stairwells

Shieldfield, Shieldfield is life

People swinging oh so high

Shieldfield is a safe space

Behind each door a smiling face

Echoes coming all together

Rattling leaves, People chanting

Singing, dancing, humming Motorway

Knock-knock, tap-tap, hammering

Shieldfield, Shieldfield is life

People swinging oh so high

Shieldfield is a safe space

Behind each door a smiling face

Wind brings the smell of bread

From the bakery to my head

Lots of children love to play

Under sunshine’s dazzling rays

Shieldfield, Shieldfield is life

People swinging oh so high

Shieldfield is a safe space

Behind each door a smiling face