The Rare Aul' Times chords by Paddy Reilly

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Intro 1

Raised

Verse 1
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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'll remember Dublin city
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in the rare round times
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My name, it is Sean Denham, see,
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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 coupon
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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 lorry
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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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And I courted Peggy Dignan,
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as pretty as you please
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A rogue, a child of Mary,
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from the rebel
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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 Birmingham
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He 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 times
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The years have made me bitter
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The gargles dimmed me brain
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Cause Dublin keeps on changing
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And nothing seems the same
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The pillar and the net have gone,
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the rile all since pulled down,
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As the grey all -yielding concrete
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makes a city of my town.
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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 times
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So fare thee well, sweet Annelippi
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I can no longer stay
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To watch the new glass cages
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that spring up along Wood Key
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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 of times.
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