The Rare Old Times chords by Paddy Reilly
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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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 that
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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 part Dublin in
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The rare old times
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Verse 2
Ring-a-ring a-rosey,
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as as as as the light declines
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I remember Dublin City in
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the rare old times
Verse 3
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My name, it is Sean Dempsey
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As Dublin as can be
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Born hard and late in Pimlico in
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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
Ring-a-ring a-rosey,
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as as as as the light declines
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I remember Dublin City
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in the rare old times
Verse 4
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And I courted Peggy Dignam
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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 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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Verse 5
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Ring-a-ring a-rosey,
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as as as as the light declines
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I remember Dublin City in
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the rare old times
Verse 6
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The years have made me bitter
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The gargle's dimmed me brain
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'Cause Dublin keeps on
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changing and
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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 makes
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A city of my town
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Verse 7
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Ring-a-ring a-rosey,
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as as as as the light declines
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I remember Dublin City
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in the rare old times
Verse 8
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So fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey
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I can no longer stay
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To watch 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 part of what was Dublin
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In the rare old times
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Verse 9
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Ring-a-ring a-rosey, as as as
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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
The Rare Old Times
Paddy Reilly
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