I met my love
 By the gas works wall
 Dreamed a dream
 By the old canal
 I kissed the boy
 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
 In 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 smoky wind
 Dirty old town
 Dirty old town
 I'm going to make me
 A 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 gas works wall
 Dreamed a dream
 By the old canal
 I kissed the boy
 By the factory wall
 Dirty old town
 Dirty old town