A I met my love by the gas works wall D A Dreamed a dream by the old canal A Kissed a girl by the factory wall E Dirty old town F#m Dirty old town Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Springs a girl in the street at night Dirty old town Dirty old town Heard a siren from the docks 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 make me a good sharp axe Shining steel tempered in the fire Will chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town Dirty old town