Dublin In The Rare Old Times

[G]Raised on songs and [C]stor[G]ies [Em]
Heroes of re[C]known[G]
The passing tales and [C]glor[G]ies
That once was [C]Dublin [D]town
The [G]hallowed halls and [C]hous[G]es
The [Em]haunting children's [C]rhymes
That [G]once was part [C]Dublin
In the [D]rare old [G]times

[G]Ring a ring a [C]ros[G]ie [Em]
As the light de[C]clines
I re[G]member Dublin [C]Ci[G]ty
In the [D]rare old [G]times

My [G]name it is Sean [C]Demp[G]sey [Em]
As Dublin as could [C]be [G]
Born hard and late in [C]Pimli[G]co
In a house that's [C]ceased to [D]be
By [G]trade I was a [C]coo[G]per
Lost [Em]out to redundan[C]cy
Like my [G]house that fell to [C]progress
My [D]trade's a memo[G]ry

I [G]courted Peggy [C]Diag[G]nam [Em]
As pretty as you [C]please[G]
A gentle child of [C]Ma[G]ry
From the rebel [C]liber[D]ties
I [G]lost her to a [C]student [G]chap
With [Em]skin as black as [C]coal
When he [G]took her off to [C]Birmingham
She [D]took away my [G]soul

[G]Ring a ring a [C]ros[G]ie [Em]
As the light de[C]clines
I re[G]member Dublin [C]Ci[G]ty
In the [D]rare old [G]times

The years have made me bitter
The gargles dims me brain
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing
And nothing stays the same
The Pillar and the Met have gone
The Royal long since pulled down
As the great and unyielding concrete
Makes a city of my town

[G]Ring a ring a [C]ros[G]ie [Em]
As the light de[C]clines
I re[G]member Dublin [C]Ci[G]ty
In the [D]rare old [G]times

Fare thee well 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 a part of what was Dublim
In the rare old times

[G]Ring a ring a [C]ros[G]ie [Em]
As the light de[C]clines
I re[G]member Dublin [C]Ci[G]ty
In the [D]rare old [G]times