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A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn Ó

Am I Born to Die?

An Ataireachd Ard

An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig?

Ballad of Accounting

Bata Is Bóthar

Bheadh Buachaillín Deas Ag Síle

Black and White

The Bridge

Bruach Na Carraige Báine

Buile Mo Chroí

Capernaum

Captain Ward

Cathain

Ceann Dubh Dílis

Cúnnla

Cut-Price Hero

Dead Man's Boots

Dirty Old Town

Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil

Donald McGillavry

Éirigh Suas A Stóirín

Faoiseamh

The Flower of Finae

The Four-Loom Weaver

The Ghost of Tom Joad

Glanfaidh Mé

I Was Born For This

John Riley

Le diable et le fermier

Long Way

Máire Bhruinneal

Máire Mhilis Bhrea

Maith Dhom

Mollaí Na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin

The Moving On Song

Nox Aurumque

Nuvole Bianche

Oíche Fá Fhéil' Bríde

Óró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile

The Poisonjester's Mask

The Queen of Argyll

Quiet of the Night

Reasonland

Refugee

Resolution Road

Sailor Song

Selkie

Siúbhan Ní Dhuibhir

Sleep

Someone Else's Tomorrow

Sorry

Sovay

Tá Sé 'Na Lá

Tenebrae IV

The Cruel Sister

The Twa Corbies

The Unquiet Grave

White Wind

You and I


Maintained by Scott Zeid.

Dirty Old Town

Written by Ewan MacColl

* Revised line is "Smelled the spring on the smoky wind".
English
I met my love by the gas works crofts
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are 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 smoke on the Salford wind*
Dirty old town, dirty old town
I'm going to make 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 crofts
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town
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