Dirty old town


Dirty Old Town (Dubliners).

1 met my love by the gasworks wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I 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 from the streets 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 a good sharp axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

F1] chop you down like an old dead tree, thats-whatsthey-say-
Dirty old town

Dirty old town

I met my love by the gasworks 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