Rare Ould Times

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Raised on songs and stor-ies, 
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heroes of renown
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Ah, the passing tales and 
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glor-ies that once was Dublin town
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The hallowed halls and hous-es, 
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the haunting childrens' rhymes
     D                G           
That once was part of Dublin in 
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the rare ould times

[Chorus]
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Ring a ring a ro-sey, as the 
      Bm
light de-clines
     D             G             
I re-member Dublin city in the 
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rare ould times


Tempo change

        D               G    D   
Well my name it is Sean Demp-sey,
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 as Dublin as can be
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Born hard and late in Pimli-co, 
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in a house that ceased to be

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   D             G   D           
By trade I was a coo-per, lost 
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out to redundan-cy
        D                  G      
Like my house that fell to 
      A              D
progress, my trade's a memo-ry


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And I courted Peggy Dig-nam, as 
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pretty as you please
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A rogue and child of Ma-ry, from 
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the rebel Liberties
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I lost her to a student chap, 
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with skin as black as coal
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When he took her off to 
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Birmingham, she took away my soul


[Chorus]


    D                  G   D     
The years have made me bit-ter, 
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the gargle dims me brain
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Cause Dublin keeps on chang-ing, 
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and nothing seems the same
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The Pillar and the Met have gone,
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 the Royal long since pulled down
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As the grey unyielding concrete, 
          A          D
makes a city of my town


[Chorus]

(interlude, the chords are the same 
as the chorus ans a verse)

          D               G  D   
Fare thee well sweet Anna 
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Li-ffey, I can no longer stay
    D                   G  D     
And watch the new glass ca-ges, 
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that spring up along the quay
   D                  G    D     
My mind's too full of memo-ries, 
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too old to hear new chimes
(slow here)
      D                G          
I'm a part of what was Dublin, in 
    A         D
the rare ould times