G5 C5 G5 E5 Raised on songs and stories C5 G5 Heroes of reknown C5 G5 The passing tales and glories C5 D5 That once was Dublin town G5 C5 G5 The hallowed halls and houses E5 C5 The haunting children's rhymes G5 C5 That once was part Dublin D5 G5 In the rare old times G5 C5 G5 E5 Ring a ring a rosie C5 As the light declines G5 C5 G5 I remember Dublin City D5 G5 In the rare old times G5 C5 G5 E5 My name it is Sean Dempsey C5 G5 As Dublin as could be C5 G5 Born hard and late in Pimlico C5 D5 In a house that's ceased to be G5 C5 G5 By trade I was a cooper E5 C5 Lost out to redundancy G5 C5 Like my house that fell to progress D5 G5 My trade's a memory G5 C5 G5 E5 I courted Peggy Diagnam C5 G5 As pretty as you please C5 G5 A gentle child of Mary C5 D5 From the rebel liberties G5 C5 G5 I lost her to a student chap E5 C5 With skin as black as coal G5 C5 When he took her off to Birmingham D5 G5 She took away my soul G5 C5 G5 E5 Ring a ring a rosie C5 As the light declines G5 C5 G5 I remember Dublin City D5 G5 In the rare old 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 G5 C5 G5 E5 Ring a ring a rosie C5 As the light declines G5 C5 G5 I remember Dublin City D5 G5 In the rare old 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 G5 C5 G5 E5 Ring a ring a rosie C5 As the light declines G5 C5 G5 I remember Dublin City D5 G5 In the rare old times
