Producer: Elvis Costello
Lyrics: Ewan MacColl
Music: Ewan MacColl
I met my love by the gasworks 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 make a big 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 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
Audio Engineer: Nick Robbins/Paul Scully
Accordion: James Fearnley
Banjo: Jem Finer
Guitar: Philip Chevron
French Horn: Dick Cuthell
Irish Whistle: Spider Stacy
Bass Guitar: Cait O'Riordan
Drums: Andrew Ranken
Vocals: Shane MacGowan
Fiddle: Henry Benagh