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Dirty Old Town

Ewan MacColl
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OriginalVieille ville de merde - La versione francese di Gilles Servat...
DIRTY OLD TOWNVIEILLE VILLE DE MERDE (DIRTY OLD TOWN)
I found my love 'neath the gasworks croft falls
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Premier amour près de l´usine à gaz
Premiers rêves près du vieux canal
Premiers baisers près de la raffinerie
Vieille ville de merde
Vieille ville de merde
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Springs a girl in the streets at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town
J´ai entendu la sirène des docks
Vu le pétrole mettre la nuit en feu
Senti le printemps dans les fumées du vent
Vieille ville de merde
Vieille ville de merde
Heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the smoke on the Salford wind (1)
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring´s a girl on the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I'm going to take a good sharp ax
Shining steel tempered in the fire
We'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
I´m gonna make 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
(1) Il verso non piacque alle autorità municipali di Salford e MacColl accondiscese a cambiarlo in ‎‎“smelled the spring on the smoky wind”…‎


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