The Rare Auld Times

D G D Bm Raised on songs and stories G Heroes of reknown D G D The passing tales and glories A That once was Dublin town D G D The hallowed halls and houses Bm G The haunting children's rhymes D G D That once was part Dublin A D In the rare old times D G D Bm Ring a ring a rosie G As the light declines D G D I remember Dublin City A D In the rare old times D G D Bm My name it is Sean Dempsey G As Dublin as can be D G D Born hard and late in Pimlico A In a house that's ceased to be D G D By trade I was a cooper Bm G Lost out to redundancy D G D Like my house that fell to progress A D My trade's a memory D G D Bm And I courted Peggy Dignan G As pretty as you please D G D A rogue and child of Mary A From the rebel liberties D G D I lost her to a student chap Bm G With skin as black as coal D G D When he took her off to Birmingham A D She took away my soul D G D Bm Ring a ring a rosie G As the light declines D G D I remember Dublin City A D In the rare old times D G D Bm The years have made me bitter G The gargle dims me brain D G D As Dublin keeps on changing G And nothing seems the same D G D The Pillar and the Met have gone Bm G The Royal long since pulled down D G Em As the grey unyielding concrete A D Makes a city of my town D G D Bm Ring a ring a rosie G As the light declines D G D I remember Dublin City A D In the rare old times D G D Bm Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey G I can no longer stay D G D And watch the new glass cages A That spring up along the quay D G D My mind's too full of memories Bm G Too old to hear new chimes D G D I'm a part of what was Dublin A D In the rare old times D G D Bm Ring a ring a rosie G As the light declines D G D I remember Dublin City A D In the rare old times