Dirty Old Town

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 22nd 2007 by nicholas.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40 Years Reunion by The Dubliners
Cuckanandy by Moving Cloud
Greatest Hits [UK] by The Dubliners
Nine Fine Irishmen's Sin E Ri-Ra by Sin E Ri-Ra
Off Kilter by Off Kilter
Rud Eile by Rud Eile
Rum Sodomy And The Lash by The Pogues
Shake Your Shamrocks by Various Artists
The Easy Club by The Easy Club
Year Of The Dog by Culann's Hounds

X: 1
T: Dirty Old Town
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:z2 D2 E2 G2|B4 B4|B2 A>G B2 G2|D4 D4|
D2 G2 B2 d2|e4 e4|e2 d>B A2 G2|B4 B4|
B2 d2 e2 d2|B4 B4|B2 A>G B2 G2|D4 D4|
D4 D>E G<B|A4 A4|A4 A>G E2|E4 E4:|

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Dirty Old Town

I saw this in the requests list so put it in. Ewan MacColl wrote this song and had it sung in a play of his performed in 1949, called "Landscape With Chimneys" (acc. Wikipedia, the song was brought in to cover an awkward change of scene); the song was inspired by Salford, where he grew up.
Before co-founding the folk club scene in England in the 50s, MacColl had been a prolific playwright as well as actor and producer. (I hadn't known that.)

# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by nicholas

aha! our session leader always sings this sunday nights. so it IS an actual tune : P

--DtM

# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by Dan the Man

Dirty Old Town

Thank you, Nicholas,
I only ever heard it by the Pogues.

# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by Peggy Dailey's Boy

Isn't the tune still under copyright?

# Posted on January 24th 2007 by dafydd

Yes!

# Posted on January 24th 2007 by ceolachan