Dublin In The Rare Old Times
The Dubliners
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G C G Em Raised on songs and storiesC G Heroes of reknownC G The passing tales and gloriesC D That once was Dublin townG C G The hallowed halls and housesEm C The haunting children's rhymesG C That once was part DublinD G In the rare old timesG C G Em Ring a ring a rosieC As the light declinesG C G I remember Dublin CityD G In the rare old timesG C G Em My name it is Sean DempseyC G As Dublin as could beC G Born hard and late in PimlicoC D In a house that's ceased to beG C G By trade I was a cooperEm C Lost out to redundancyG C Like my house that fell to progressD G My trade's a memoryContinues after the adG C G Em I courted Peggy DiagnamC G As pretty as you pleaseC G A gentle child of MaryC D From the rebel libertiesG C G I lost her to a student chapEm C With skin as black as coalG C When he took her off to BirminghamD G She took away my soulG C G Em Ring a ring a rosieC As the light declinesG C G I remember Dublin CityD G In the rare old timesG C G Em The years have made me bitterC G The gargles dims me brainC G 'Cause Dublin keeps on changingC D And nothing stays the sameG C G The Pillar and the Met have goneEm C The Royal long since pulled downG C As the great and unyielding concreteD G Makes a city of my townG C G Em Ring a ring a rosieC As the light declinesG C G I remember Dublin CityD G In the rare old timesG C G Em Fare thee well sweet Anna LiffeyC G I can no longer stayC G And watch the new glass cagesC D That spring up along the quayG C G My mind's too full of memoriesEm C Too old to hear new chimesG C I'm a part of what was DublinD G In the rare old timesG C G Em Ring a ring a rosieC As the light declinesG C G I remember Dublin CityD G In the rare old times