"Dirty Old Town" the famous Irish love song, has held lasting relationships worldwide. It’s about the love of a town, an English town, written by a Scottish man ... and became an Irish classic romance. Ever since the start of its popularity in the 60s, through the Dubliners and the Pogues, its love has lived on through hundreds of recording artists for over its 75 years. Its melancholy melody lingers like the smokey wind … telling the story of a first love and the dreams beyond the limits of the

Dirty Old Town Ewan MacColl This song is one of Ireland's most famous songs and the funny thing is, it hasn’t anything to do with Ireland at all. It's about an English town called Salford just outside Manchester where Ewan McColl grew up. McColl wrote the song in 1949 and it wasn’t until the 60s that he offered partial rights for the song to Rod Stewart, Roger Whitaker and The Dubliners. The song became an Irish hit when the Dubliners first released it as a single in 1968 and the song then went

Dirty Old Town - Pogues (KARAOKE)