Escrita por Ewan
MacColl em 1949 e foi gravada por inúmeros artistas antes, mas
escolhemos a versão de Rod Stewart para adentrar na nossa lista.
Foi escrita sobre
Salford, Lancashire, na Inglaterra, onde MacColl nasceu e cresceu. O
primeiro verso fala do Gaswork Croft e do Old Canal, que era o canal
Manchester, Bolton & Bury.
Foi gravada também
pelos Pogues, Chad and Jeremy, U2, Simple Minds, entre outros
artistas.
A letra:
Found my love by the
gaswork croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
I heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the sulfured wind
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the sulfured wind
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town
We're goin' to take a good sharp
axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
And we'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town
Shining steel tempered in the fire
And we'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town
And oh we'll chop you down
Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town
And oh whoa-oh dirty old town
Chop you down one of these days
Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town
And oh whoa-oh dirty old town
Chop you down one of these days
A versão de Rod
Stewart:
A versão dos Pogues
ao vivo em 2012:
A versão do Celtic
Social Club:
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