I Belong to Glasgow

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I Belong to Glasgow is a music hall song written and recorded by Will Fyffe in 1920. It’s been performed by Danny Kaye, Eartha Kitt, Gracie Fields, and Kirk Douglas. The idea came from a funny incident at Glasgow Central Station, where a cheerful drunk boasted, “Glasgow belongs to me.” The song jokes about drinking during temperance times and, with its humorous monologue, helped popularize lines like “under the influence of alcohol.” Harry Lauder was offered the song but declined because it praised heavy drinking. Although the song made Fyffe closely associated with Glasgow, he was born in Dundee, about 70 miles away. It was used in the 1955 film The Colditz Story, with the lyric changed to “I Belong to Colditz.”