In memory of Shane MacGowan who died today.
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 a drifting across the moon
Cats a prowling on their beat
Spring’s a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I’m going to make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
Will 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
Kissed a girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Shane wrote the song ‘Haunted’ for the soundtrack to the 1986 film ‘Sid and Nancy’.
Sinead died July 26 of this year.
Two legends gone.
A Rainy Night in Soho - Shane MacGowan, Mundy & Sharon Shannon Band
Christmas in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanower, Co. Galway : A Rainy Night in Soho performed by Shane MacGowan, Mundy & The Sharon Shannon Big Band - Sharon Shannon (Button Accordion), Dezi Donnelly (Fiddle), Jim Murray (Nylon String Guitar), Jack Maher (Electric Guitar), James Delaney (Keyboard), Richie Buckley (Saxophone), Aongus Ralston (Bass) & Jason Duffy (Drums). This clip comes from a Special Christmas episode of the TG4 series Geantraí, recorded in 2008.
MacGowan’s family and friends dance to tribute, sung by Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill. Notice Irish President Michael D Higgins in the front. Beautiful and moving live performance