I met my love
By the gasworks wall
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
Kissed my girl
By the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I heard a siren
Howlin' from the docks
Saw a train
Set the night on fire
I felt the cold
Of a wintery win

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Dark clouds drifting
All across the sky
Cats were prowling
On down the street
Black smoke rising
From the chimney stacks

Dirty old town
It's a dirty old town

I'm going to make me
A big sharp axe
A shining steel
Tempered in the fire
We'll chop you down
Like an old oak tree

This dirty old town
Dirty old town

I met my love
By the gasworks wall
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
Kissed my girl
By the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town
It's a dirty
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town