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 the siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire Smelt the spring on the smoky air Dirty old town, dirty old town The clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring’s a girl in the street at night Dirty old town, dirty old town I’m going to take a good sharp axe Shining steel tempered in the fire We’ll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town, dirty old town