dirty old town (whistle version:-)

a mellow whistled up version of Ewan McColl's Dirty Old Town which he wrote about Salford, my hometown.

click for sharper whistling and pics:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWVJrEbY-c&fmt=18

*original clips by concha

for anyone who wants to sing along..

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I Smelled the spring on the Salford wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


Ewan MacColl was born Jimmie Miller in Salford, Lancashire, in 1915. His father, William Miller, was an iron-moulder, militant trade-unionist and communist who had left his native Stirlingshire in his mid-twenties. His mother, Betsy Hendry, was from Auchterarder, Perthshire. Both parents were active left-wing socialists and from his earliest days, MacColl was familiar with the cut-and-thrust of political discussion and argument. Equally important in the life of the household were the songs and stories his parents brought from Scotland - a huge repertoire with which his father and mother kept themselves and their friends entertained.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dirty
• old
• town
• ewan
• mccoll
• salford

[visionarydreams]

Really different YC..I like it!! :)

[Yellowcatz]

cheers pam, glad u likes the change :)

[SeekingJustine]

I didn't realise the original song was about Salford, however this version so peaceful and fresh turns it into a distant memory.

Lovely concept.

[Yellowcatz]

yea justine, and it's gotta be one of the most covered songs of all time (he wrote Roberta Flack's 'First Time Ever I Saw You Face' aswell), he could write a haunting melody for sure

[whozisdis]

very sweet and enchanting. Has anyone ever said you look like a white Obama?

[shas1814]

'Haunting' is the right word for it.

Very sweet, YC.

Beautiful.

5 stars

[Yellowdogzz]

i can see a whistling revival on the way soon, it's well overdue

[Yellowdogzz]

it was washing day

[AVDJ]

This makes me want to hear more whistling.

[verklimpt]

what's the deal with people posting videos of themselves nekked? seeing a lot of that lately.

[Yellowcatz]

how's the euph version coming on mate?

[cOnchashome]

happy birrrrrrrrrrthzzzzzday yellow belly...xxxxxxx

[halsasaurus]

Got to be done!