the rare auld times chords by Luke Kelly
Verse 1
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Em
Ring a ring a rosie
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as the lights declines,
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare oul times.
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Verse 2
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Raised 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 Oul Times.
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Verse 3
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Ring a ring a rosie
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as the lights declines,
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare oul times.
Verse 4
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My name it is Sean Dempsey
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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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My 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
Verse 5
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And I courted Peggy
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Dignan, as pretty as you please,
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A rogue and 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 off to Birmingham,
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she took away my soul.
Verse 6
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Ring a ring a rosie
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as the lights declines,
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I remember Dublin city in the rare oul
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times.
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Verse 7
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The years have made me bitter,
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the gargle dims 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 Met 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.
Verse 8
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Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines,
I remember Dublin city in the
rare oul times.
Verse 9
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Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey,
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I can no longer stay,
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And watch the new glass cages,
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that spring up along the quay,
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My mind's too full of memories,
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to old to hear new chimes,
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I'm a part of what was Dublin,
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in the Rare Oul Times.
Verse 10
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Em
Ring a ring a rosie
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as the lights declines,
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare oul times.
Verse 11
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Ring a ring a rosie
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as the lights declines,
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I remember Dublin city
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in the rare oul times.
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the rare auld times
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