Dirty Old Town - The Dubliners

[H3llB0y1997]

The Dubliners do the best job on dirty old town,the song is about Dublin Ronnies home town only he can do justice to dirty old town with his deep Dublin brouge.RIP Ronnie

[1888ozbhoy]

My Dads favourite song,always remember him doing the garden with his earphones on singing along to this . RIP Dad

[cwcwful]

@1888ozbhoy Your Dad had excellent taste in music. I am not Irish, but years ago I heard in song in a local pub, aver since then I've liked this song. May your dad rest in peace.

[7mikethebike]

Dirty old town can be beautiful

[claytonave]

My Mum grew up in Sheffield, once on a while we used to go there and visit her family when I was a young child. The place was the centre of steel manufacturing in England at the time and very grimy and smoky. I know this was written about Salford but it fits how Sheffield used to be,

[7mikethebike]

@claytonave I thought it was newark NJ

[claytonave]

@7mikethebike Look up the Ewan MaColl version. He wrote it about Salford, his home town. But it could fit Newark, Birmingham UK or many others . Be well

[INUIT3333]

That song with the best sound on YT!

Thanks so much for posting ist.

[ute1562]

total geiler Song !

[TeraNcharly75]

I´m a spainiard drunken musician that lived in dublin time ago and still got (a few) beatiful memories of Irishs people, my great new zelan punk friends Francis & Rebbeca , Oscar from Toledo...Paddy, Guinness, and Irish fantastic music. So I have to say thank to Ireland, viva España y viva todo la gente vasca libre del yugo fascista y terrorista de la Puta Eta. That´s my point of view, and I thik it´s sad but true..I say fuck Eta again ..viva la libertad .

[wqpeb]

Bless Paddy himself. Good man, that.

[p0gerty]

Great copy, thanks for posting!

[8269998]

Ewan McColl came to sing this song ( about Manchester ) at a Mezzanine Concert at Birmingham University in 1965. Three years later, the Blue Nile Club, in Moss Side, a run-down Manchester suburb of terrace houses, became a major reggae centre.

Over a century before, Manchester workers had become so famous both for their folk music and for their anti-slavery sentiment, that Engels helped to found modern sociology, in a book about them The Museum of Labour History there should stop wanking.

[Cayke1]

Ewan MacColl wrote the song (born in Salford, Lancs, England)

[kukuliko1]

yo he estado en dublin dos veces y nos han tratado a los vascos como si fueramos de la casa esta y muchas mas canciones me encantan

[leirecavia]

@kukuliko1 Juas! Lo mismo te digo compañero de la preciosa ciudad de Cork. Si vas alli algun dia podras ver la ikurriña colgada en uno de los pub mas centricos de la ciudad ;)

The bask people are good seeing in the beautiful Ireland. Go raibh maith agat brothers!!!

[kukuliko1]

una cancion muy bonita gora irlanda y gora euskalerria

[ELONut]

ok i retract, he was english born, by scots parents, sorry bloody, good song though

[boochie71]

ELOnut its a manchester song its about salford and was written by ewan macoll

[mrhumanbeeing]

It's such a great song, so many really really good lines...

[mattjoeryan]

@ELONut not quite it is english as ewan was english and is about salford

[yorkshiretractors]

@ELONut IS it hell it is about the north of england not the uk not britian BUT ENGLAND

[cammeag1965]

Incredibly, its an english folk number...but will never forget Jmmy Johnstone singing it with Jim Kerr from Simple Minds....unforgettable!!!!!

[BurstBlood]

Those songs are smashing. I fell in love with Ireland 5 years ago and still didn't managed to visit :(. I hope to get the chance to visit Ireland.

[SteveK9797]

This is Paddy Reilly !! Great Song !! The Dubliners also Sing this Song Too !!