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I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed a girl by the factory wall
Chorus:
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds a drifting across the moon
Cats a prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the street at night
(Chorus)
Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed a girl by the factory wall
(Chorus) x 2
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Recordings by other artists
Artist
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Year
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Release
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Links
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Ewan MacColl
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1952
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written for his play Landscape With Chimneys, ca. 1949
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Chad & Jeremy
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1964
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Sing For You
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The Dubliners
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1968
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A-side of single and on Drinkin' And Courtin
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Rod Stewart
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1969
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An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
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Frank Black
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2006
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Fast Man Raider Man
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