Dirty Old Town - Beauty and Truth flac album

Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and has been recorded by many others.

Produced by Philip Chevron. Album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. Dirty Old Town Lyrics. 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. Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night. I heard a siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire I smelled the spring on the smoky wind.

Dirty Old Town was written by Ewan MacColl originally o fill time during his play, Landscape with Chimneys. Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl masterpiece. Universal appeal Dirty Old Town Videos Lyrics and Chords. Dirty Old Town has been performed to such acclaim by bands like The Dubliners and The Pogues that it is sometimes mistakenly thought of as an Irish song. In fact, it was written by the Anglo-Scottish singer Ewan MacColl about the town of Salford near Manchester in the north west of England. MacColl was one of the leading lights of the folk revival in England from the 1940s onwards.

'Dirty Old Town' was written by Ewan MacColl back in the 1950s about Manchester. But even within that, he's loving the city. We did it and we recorded it at the soundcheck. Played it at the gig and caught the moment.