I met my love
By the gasworks croft,
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,
Springs a girl
From the streets at night,
Dirty old town,
Dirty old town.
I heard a siren
From the docks,
Saw a train
Set the night on fire,
Smelled the spring
And the smokey wind,
Dirty old town,
D irty old town.
I’m going to make
A good sharp axe,
Shining steel
Tempered in the fire,
I’ll chop you down
Like an old dead tree,
Dirty old town,
Dirty old town.
I met my love
By the gasworks croft,
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal,
I kissed my girl
By the factory wall,
Dirty old town,
Dirty old town.