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,
irty old town.

I’m going to make
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.