Rare Auld Times

Intro: C Verse 1: C F C Raised on songs and stories F Heroes of renown C F C The passing tales and glories G That once was Dublin town Chorus: G C F C The hallowed halls and houses Am F The haunting children's rhymes C That once was part of F G C Dublin in the rare old times C F C F Ring-a-ring-a-rosie as the light declines C I remember Dublin F G C City in the rare old times

[Instrumental] F C F C Verse 2: F C Me name it is Sean Dempsey F As Dublin as can be C F C Born hard and late in Pimlico G In a house that ceased to be G C F C Am F By trade I was a cooper lost out to redundancy C F C Like my house that fell to progress G C And my trades a memory Chorus: F C F C And I courted Peggy Dignan as pretty F C As you please a rogue and a child of F C G C Mary from the rebel liberties C F C I lost her to a student chap Am F But skin as black as coal C F C When he took her off to Birmingham G C She took away my soul C F C F Ring-a-ring-a-rosie as the light declines C I remember Dublin F G C City in the rare auld times Verse 3: G C F C Years have made me bitter C F The gargle dims me brain C F C For Dublin keeps on changing G And nothing seems the same C F C The pillar and the met have gone Am F The royal long since pulled down C F C As the gray unyielding concrete G C F Makes a city of my town Chorus: C F C F Ring-a-ring-a-rosie as the light declines C I remember Dublin F G C City in the rare old times Bridge: C G C F C Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh oh Verse 4: C F C So fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey F I can no longer stay C F C And watch the new glass cages G Spring up along the quay C F C My mind's too full of memories Am F Too old to hear new chimes C F C I once was part of Dublin G C In the rare old times Chorus: C F C F Ring-a-ring-a-rosie as the light declines C I remember Dublin F G C City in the rare old times C F C Ring-a-ring-a-rosie Dm As the light declines C F G C I remember Dublin City and the rare auld times