"Which town is ""celebrated"" in the song ""Dirty Old Town""?"
Dirty Old Town Dirty Old Town "Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and has been recorded by many others. The song was written about Salford, Lancashire, England, the city where MacColl was born and brought up. It was originally composed for an interlude to cover an awkward scene change in his 1949 play "Landscape with Chimneys", set in a North of England industrial town, but with the growing popularity of folk music the song became a standard. The first verse refers to the gasworks croft, which was a piece of
Old Town (song) covered "Old Town" on their 1999 appearance on MTV's "Unplugged" series, and again with a studio recording for their 2005 album "Home". The live version was released as a single, titled "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" in 2000 in Singapore, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2005 the studio recording was released as a double A-side with "Heart Like a Wheel", and was included on the 2006 compilation "". They also performed this song in their In Blue Tour. The piccolo trumpet solo is by Ronan Dooney. Old Town (song) "Old Town" is a song released by Thin Lizzy