| Dirty Old Town |
Ewan MacColl. Scheduled for an upcoming Darby CD.
notes: There has been lots of debate regarding what this song is about,
and which town. According to Ewan, it's Anytown. (Specifically:
Dublin, Ireland. The "fine, sharp axe" were the bulldozers that tore
down Monto Town to clear the area for renovation).
and which town. According to Ewan, it's Anytown. (Specifically:
Dublin, Ireland. The "fine, sharp axe" were the bulldozers that tore
down Monto Town to clear the area for renovation).
Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl
G
I met my love by the factory wall
C
I dreamed a dream by the Old Canal
G
I kissed a girl by the gasworks wall
D Em
Dirty old town – dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the sky
Cats are prowling along their beat
There springs 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 in the smokey wind
Dirty old town – dirty old town
I’m gonna take a fine, sharp axe
Shinin’ steel, tempered in the fire
And I’ll cut you down like an old, dead tree
Dirty old town – dirty old town
I met my love by the factory wall
I dreamed a dream by the Old Canal
I kissed a girl by the gasworks wall
Dirty old town – dirty old town
Dirty old town – dirty old town
Ewan MacColl
G
I met my love by the factory wall
C
I dreamed a dream by the Old Canal
G
I kissed a girl by the gasworks wall
D Em
Dirty old town – dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the sky
Cats are prowling along their beat
There springs 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 in the smokey wind
Dirty old town – dirty old town
I’m gonna take a fine, sharp axe
Shinin’ steel, tempered in the fire
And I’ll cut you down like an old, dead tree
Dirty old town – dirty old town
I met my love by the factory wall
I dreamed a dream by the Old Canal
I kissed a girl by the gasworks wall
Dirty old town – dirty old town
Dirty old town – dirty old town
