“Dirty Old Town” is a classic folk song written in 1949 by Ewan MacColl, a prominent English folk singer, songwriter, and playwright.

In 1951, British company Theatre Workshop held the premiere of Ewan… Read More [Verse 1]

I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 2]

Clouds are drifting across the moon

Cats are prowling on their beat

Spring's a girl from the streets at night

Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 3]

I heard a siren from the docks

Saw a train set the night on fire

I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 4]

I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 1]

I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town