Streets of London - Ralph McTell, covered by Elvi & Martin

'Streets of London' is a song by Ralph McTell, who first recorded it for his 1969 album Spiral Staircase. It wasn't released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. The song was inspired by McTell's experiences busking and hitchhiking throughout Europe, especially in Paris and the individual stories are taken from Parisians. McTell was originally going to call the song "Streets of Paris" — but eventually London was chosen, because he realized he was singing about London.

I’d like to thank Yvonne Dolk and Marga Janssen for being so nice to let us play and make recordings at ‘De Kunstraad’, a marvellous Art Gallery in Buren (The Netherlands). If you’re interested in the art, go check out https://dekunstraad.nl/