I found my love 'neath the gasworks croft falls Dreamed a dream by the old canal 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 in the streets at night Dirty old town, dirty old town Heard a siren from the dock Saw a train set the night on fire Smelled the spring on the smoky wind Dirty old town, dirty old town I'm going to take a good sharp ax Shining steel tempered in the fire We'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town, dirty old town
