Dirty Old Town (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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Dirty Old Town (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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I did this song a while back and I'm posting it now as part of my efforts to remaster some of my old covers. "Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by The Dubliners and The Pogues to name a few. The song was written about Salford, Lancashire, England, the city where MacColl was born and raised. The Pogues' version of the song is played during the team walk-on at Salford City FC.

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
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
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
Dirty old town
I'm gonna make me 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 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
Dirty old town