The Rare Ould Times

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2002

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Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown 
I got passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town 
The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes 
That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times 

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines 
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times 

Well we name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be 
Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be 
By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy 
Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory 

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

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines 
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times 

The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain 
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same 
The Pillar and the Met are gone, the Royal long since pulled down 
As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town 

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines 
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times 

Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay 
And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay 
My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes 
I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times 

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines 
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times 

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines 
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

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