Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger * Track #4 On Black and White: The Definitive Collection
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Album Black and White: The Definitive Collection
- #1
The Ballad of AccountingEwan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #2
The Driver’s SongEwan MacColl
- #3My Old Man
Ewan MacColl
- #4Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #5Black And White
Ewan MacColl
- #6Brother Did You Weep
Ewan MacColl
- #7The Press Gang (Roud 662)
Ewan MacColl
- #8
Shoals Of HerringEwan MacColl
- #9Manchester Rambler
Ewan MacColl & Hamish MacColl & Kirsty MacColl & Neill MacColl & Calum MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #10Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960; Child 16)
Ewan MacColl
- #11Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746)
Ewan MacColl
- #12Cam Ye O’er Frae France (Roud 5814; G/D 1:120)
Ewan MacColl
- #13
The Maid Gaed tae the Mill (Roud 2575; G/D 7:1436)Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #14The Moving on Song
Ewan MacColl
- #15Nobody Knew She Was There
Ewan MacColl
- #16Kilroy Was Here
Ewan MacColl
- #17The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #18The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1496)
Ewan MacColl
- #19Joy Of Living
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
Dirty Old Town by Ewan MacColl (Ft. Peggy Seeger)
Release Date
Performed by
Ewan MacCollPeggy SeegerProduced by
Tom ScottWrited by
Ewan MacCollAbout
The song was written about Salford, Lancashire, England, the city where MacColl was born and brought up. It was originally composed for an interlude to cover an awkward scene change in his 1949 play Landscape with Chimneys, set in a North of England industrial town, but with the growing popularity o...
Dirty Old Town Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I found my love by the gasworks croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 2]
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
[Verse 3]
Clouds are floating across the moon
Cats are prowling upon their beat
Spring's a girl in the streets at night
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 4]
I'm going to make a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
We'll chop you down like an old dead tree
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty Old Town Q&A
Who wrote Dirty Old Town's ?
Dirty Old Town was written by Ewan MacColl.
Who produced Dirty Old Town's ?
Dirty Old Town was produced by Tom Scott.
When did Ewan MacColl release Dirty Old Town?
Ewan MacColl released Dirty Old Town on Sat Jan 01 1949.