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| 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 |
Dirty Old Town
Written by Ewan MacColl