Rare old times
Dubliners
Capo 2
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GRaised on songs and Cstories,
Gheroes Emof reCnown
The Gpassing tales and CgloDries
that D7once was Dublin town
The Ghallowed halls and ChouGses,
Gthe haunting Emchildrens' Crhymes
That Gonce was Dublin Cci-Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GMy name it is Sean CDempGsey,
Gas Dublin Emas can Cbe
Born Ghard and late in CPimliDco,
in a D7house that ceased to be
By Gtrade I was a Cco-o-Gper,
Glost out to reEmdundanCcy
Like my Ghouse that fell to CprogDress,
my D7trade's a memoGry
GAnd I courted Peggy CDigGnan,
Gas pretty Emas you Cplease
GA rogue and a child of CMaDry,
from the D7rebel liberties
I Glost her to a Cstudent Gchap
Gwith a skin as Emblack as Ccoal
When he Gtook her off to CBirmingDham,
D7she took away my Gsoul
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GThe years have made me CbitGter,
Gthe gargle Emdims me Cbrain
'Cause GDublin keeps on CchangDing
and D7nothing seems the same
The GPillar and the CMet have Ggone,
Gthe Royal long Emsince pulled Cdown
As the Ggreat unyielding CconDcrete
makes a D7city of my Gtown
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GFare thee well sweet Anna CLiffGey,
GI can no Emlonger Cstay
And Gwatch the new glass Cca-Dges,
that D7spring up along the quay
My Gmind's too full of CmemoGries,
Gtoo old to Emhear new Cchimes
I'm a Gpart of what was CDub-Dlin
in the D7rare ould Gtimes
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes
GRing a ring a CroGsie,
as the Emlight deCclines
I reGmember Dublin Amci----Dty
in the D7rare old Gtimes