Dublin In The Rare Old Times Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Music[C][G][Em][G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]Bas[C]ed on [G]son[C]gs a[G]nd sto[C]ries
[G]Heroes of ren[Em]own
The [G]passing tales and [C]glories
[G]That [D]once was [A]Dublin [D]town
[G]The hallowed halls and [C]houses[G]
The haunting children's [Em]rhymes
That [G]once was Dublin [C]city
[G]In the [D]rare old [G]times[C]
[G]Ring -a -ring -a [C]-rosie[G]
[Em]As the l[D]ight it li[C]ghts
I'll re[G]member Dublin city
[C]in [G]the rar[D]e old day[G]s[C][G]
Oh, me name it is Sean [C]Dempsey[G]
As Dublin as can [Em]be
Born [G]hard and late in [C]Pimlico
[G]An hou[D]se that cea[A]sed to be[D]
[G]By trade I was a [C]cooper,[G]
lost out to redundancy
[Em]Like my [G]house that fell to [C]progress,[G]
[D]my trade's a [G]memory
And I courted Peggy [C]Dignan,
[G]as pretty as you ple[Em]ase
A [G]rogue and child [C]of Mary
[G]From the [D]rebel [A]liberties
[D]I l[G]ost her to a stud[C]ent lad
[G]With skin as black as [Em]coal
When he [G]took her off to [C]Birmingham[G]
[D]She took away my [G]soul
Ring -a -ring -a [C]-rosie[G]
[Em]As the l[D]ight that gl[C]ides
I remem[G]ber Dublin city
[C]in [G]the rar[D]e old tim[G]es[C][G][D][G]
[C]Oh [G]the[C] yea[G]rs have made me bit[C]ter
[G]and drink has dimmed my [Em]brain
For [G]Dublin keeps on [C]changin'
[G]and not[D]hin' see[A]ms the sam[D]e
[G]The Metropolitan Pil[C]lar are [G]gone,
the Royal long since bowed [Em]down
As that [G]grey unyielding con[C]crete
[G]makes the [D]city of my town
[G]So good -bye, Ann[C]a Lippy,[G]
I can no longer [Em]stay
And [G]watch the new glass [C]cages
[G]that [D]rise up [A]along the [D]quay
[G]My mind's too full of [C]memories,
[G]too old to hear new chi[Em]mes
I'm a [G]part of what was [C]Dublin
[G]in the [D]rare old [G]times
[C]Ring [G]-a -ring -a -ro[C]sie,[G]
[Em]as the l[D]ight dec[C]lines
I remem[G]ber Dublin City
[C]in [G]the rar[D]e old tim[G]es
Ring -a [C]-ring -a [G]-rosie,
[Em]as the l[D]ight at le[C]ngth
I [G]remember Dublin City
[C]in [G]the rar[D]e old tim[G]es

[Outro 1]
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