Guitar Tutorial - Dirty Old Town - Irish Folk Songs
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2021
- Hi, Flynner here, back after quite a long lay off but rearing to go in this new series of tutorial videos - make sure to subscribe to be included in the craic!
Learn how to play this classic Irish folk song, 'Dirty Old Town', by watching this easy video tutorial by Flynner
Lyrics;
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 smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I'm gonna make me a good 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 
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Days like today make me glad I don't clean up my subscriptions. Glad you're back!
Comments like that make me glad I decided to come back after over 10 years !!!
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Good evening Brian, I'm Italian, I often come to Ireland, because I love Ireland, its landscape, its culture, its tradition, its people, its music, I'm very thankful for your work, I'm learning a lot thanks to you, congratulations and thanks!
This song was written by Ewan Mcoll in 1949. It is about his home town: Salford in Lancashire. It speaks out against capitalism and life in the smog and slums of Salford. The words about making an axe and chopping it down like an old tree, refers to his hatred of capitalism.
It was performed by the Dubliners but it's English.
Ewan was scottish pal
@@davidcartledge6620 I never said he wasn't. He was born in Salford England to Scottish parents. His birth name was James Henry Miller and he changed it.
The song however is all about his place of birth Salford England, so logically the song is English. My point was it has been performed (very well) by Irish folk singers which creates confusion to its origins. I hope I've now made that clear, have a good day.
@@eugenebell3166 my mistake pal thanks for the info
@@davidcartledge6620 no worries mate, take care.
I first heard this song by Roger Whittaker and later by The Spinners from Liverpool. It's always
been one of my favorite songs. Whittaker's version starts with "I met my love by the gas works croft".
Thanks for the tutorial, Brian!
The Gasworks Croft has long since been demolished but is immortalized in the song if people bother to sing the words that Ewan MacColl actually wrote.
Brian, great to see you back making these videos. Mighty stuff. The Lowden is sounding great. Hope all is well, and keep them coming 👍
Hi Aodan, just put this up a few mins ago and thank you so much for kind comments....wish I could play like you !!!
Return of the King!
Ha ha ! Would you like to be my PR person ?? Thanks for subscribing.
Thank you for the new song! It is good to see you back in action!
Thanks for subscribing Kenneth.
Oh my god your back!!!
Love your videos dude, stick around for a while this time
Thanks Robert....I intend to !
Great to see you back Brian. You do great videos which are very inspiring, long may they continue. 👍🏻
Welcome back, a fine song to return with :-)
Thanks Stephen - it’s a good one for sure
Welcome back. Used your previous videos to learn a number of songs. Hope you’re planning more tutorials.
I never noticed your latest video was 8 years ago. I only discovered this channel a couple of years ago but I’ve learned so many songs from you. Thank you so much and great to see you’re back!!
Thank you Erik...hope you get many more songs here that you can learn.
Glad you are back. You are a fine Lad with a wonderful voice.
Awesome!
Thank you and glad that you like it.
Ah! So glad to see you're back, I've loved the previous tutorials you've done, they've helped me keep practicing guitar since they were so fun and simple, I'm excited to learn some new ones!
Thanks for this Brian, I’m learning to play so something simple like this is really helpful, and I love the song 😊
So happy you are back!
Welcome back Mr. Flynner......prayers answered....
Thank you for subscribing and delighted that you like them !
Now I'm praying for you to do Nancy Whiskey so I can finally learn the right way to play it....hehe
Welcome back Sir. A French follower
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0:56 just for a bookmark for myself- many thanks for the upload!
Omg, you are back!!!
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Thank you very much. Someday I want to visit Ukraine ! I love the music I have heard from there.
I didn't know you 9 years ago but I'm glad you're back
Sending my love, it is so great to see you back :) thank you for your tutorials
Thanks Dominik!
Welcome back. Love your videos. Keep em coming.
Glad you are back!
So excited to see you back! I've been learning all of your songs for campfire nights. Keep um coming!
Thanks Jacob, I sure will.
Bravo!
Thank you.
Great video! I'm learning this as fast as I can so I can play it today on St Patrick's Day!
Wonderfuuuuul 😊
Merci beaucoup,
Je vous remercie de votre tuto très bien fait et conforme aux vrais accords de cette magnifique chanson.
Brilliant thanks so much
Good man!
Woah I wasn't expecting this, welcome back
Thanks Luke - was rearing to do more but technical reasons kept me away for a long time - not to worry though, back in action now and delighted to be.
Brilliant video man, I love the clancys version of dirty old town from the flowers in the valley album
Thank you ! I always love the Clancy Brothers versions myself.
What a surprise, I‘m happy that you are back.
Looking forward of all the following videos.
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Glad to see you are back. Wondered what happened to you.
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I sure am.....they were only joking when they told you the other stuff !!!!
Welcome back sir!
Thank you Mr. Socks !
You’d give Shane a good run for his money. Fantastic. From Limerick 🙂
Many thanks, and on behalf of my late grandmother, Lizzie Fitzpatrick.
You're back!
Yep !! Back and really looking forward to putting out a lot more great songs....I have a great collection built up ! Thank for watching.
Welcome back.... Your Italian Follower ;)
Buon pomeriggio Gainmario !!!
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I am so very glad to have you back. So basically, I started listening to Irish songs, playing them myself and intending to visit Ireland someday thanks to you. I wish you all the best.
Thank you very much Adda
Have you visited yet?
This is not an Irish song. Ewan Macoll was born in Salford, England, and the song is his place of birth.
Great tutorial.
Is that based on the original or the Pogues version?
Great!
Please how do you play the change right after the D at the end of the chorus??
Cheers!
Yee ha
Hi Paul - glad you found us !
Can someone tell me the strumming pattern?
Hello 'Brien
It’s not an Irish folk song, it was written by Ewan McColl who was Scottish and lived in Manchester 👍
I think you might find his original name was Jimmy Smith, great song, but like many of the folk revival very few could be considered horny handed sons of toil.
He was born in Salford, England, to Scottish parents.
@@paulaskeete1243 Yes I know that, I was born in Ireland to Scottish parents so I consider myself Scottish.
With all due respect, what has where YOU were born got to do with the origins of this song ?
@@paulaskeete1243 With all due respect to you, I was pointing out to the people who thought it was an Irish folk song , maybe because they were in an Irish bar.
G chord c chord d chord e Minor chord a Minor chord
Why does this sound like a Conway Twitty song
That is a very unusual comment - possibly the melody is similar to one of Conway’s songs ?
this not an irish sang. it was written by ewan maccoll who was of scottish parentage. i believe he was nine when the family moved to england. he also wrote the shoals of herring. also the first time ever i saw your face. many of these english and scottish folk sangs were adopted by the clancies when they were starting out.
Dirty Old Town is an English folk song.
This is NOT an Irish song. Ewan Macoll was born in Salford, England. This song is about his place of birth.
Its never claimed to be an Irish song, it's been adopted by the Irish and played everywhere you go in Ireland. Irish Rover was originally a German Beerkeller drinking song that was rewritten into an Irish drinking song. That's the beauty of music, it's international.
Not even an Irish song. Just because the Pogues had a hit with it didn't make it Irish. It was written in England, by an Englishman, about a town in England. The writer's Scottish folk roots do come through, but Irish? Nope.