Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
RARE OUL' TIMES, THE 
Based on songs and stories, heroes of renown Are the passing tales and glories, that once was Dublin town The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes That once was Dublin city in the rare old times 
Chorus: Ring a-ring a-Rosie, as the light declines I remember Dublin city in the rare oul' times 
My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory And I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you please A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul 
The years have made me bitter, tha gargle dims my brain 'cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down As the great unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town Fare thee fell sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the Quay My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare old times 
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