Dirty Old Town

I met my love
By the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
I kissed my girl
By the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I heard a siren
Howling from the docks
Saw a train
Set the night on fire
I felt the cold
Of a wintery win
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Dark clouds drifting
All across the sky
Cats were prowling
On down the street
Black smoke rising
From the chimney stacks
Dirty old town
You dirty old town

I'm going make me
A good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll cut this place down
Like an old oak tree
Dirty old town
Oh ~ You dirty old town

I met my love
By the gas works 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
Oh ~ You dirty old town
Dirty old town