(Ewan McColl)
I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old c!@#^

Kissed a girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


Clouds a drifting across the moon
Cats a prowling on their beat

Spring's a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire

Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire

Will chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old c!@#^

Kissed a girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Dirty old town
Dirty old town