Rare Ould Times chords by Jim McCann
Verse 1
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Raised
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on songs and stories,
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heroes of renown,
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The passing tales and glories
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that once was Dublin town,
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The hallowed halls and houses,
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the haunting children's rhymes
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That once was Dublin City
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in the rare old times
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Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
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as the light declines
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare old times
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We name it as Shondancey,
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as Dublin as could be,
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Born hard and late in Pimlico,
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in a house that ceased to be.
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By trade I was a cooper,
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lost out to redundancy,
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Like my house that fell to progress,
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my trade's a memory.
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I courted Peggy Deignan,
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as pretty as you please,
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A rogue and a child of Mary,
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from 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 out to Birmingham,
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she took away my soul
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Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
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as the light declines
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I remember Dublin City
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in the rare of a time
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The years have made me bitter,
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the gargles dimmed me brain
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Cos Dublin keeps on changing
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and nothing seems the same
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The pillar and the mat have gone,
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the royal long since pulled down
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As the grey unyielding concrete
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makes a city of my town
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Fare thee well, sweet Anna Liffey
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I can no longer stay and watch
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the new glass cages
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spring up along the quay
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My mind's too full of memories,
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too old to hear new chimes
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I'm a part of what was Dublin
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in the rare old times
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Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
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as the light declines
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare old times
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Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
Em
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as the light declines,
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I remember Dublin City
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in the rare old times.
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Rare Ould Times
Jim McCann
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