St Gregorys Academy - Dublin In The Rare Old Times

Capo 1
Intro: G C Em D

                     G         C   G   Em
1st Verse: Raised on songs and stories
                       C    
           Heroes of renown
               G                 C
           The passing tales and glories
                D               D7   G
           That once was Dublin town
                                  C   G  Em
           The hallowed halls and houses
                                   C     
           The haunting children's rhymes
                G             C    
           That once was part Dublin 
                  D        G
           In the rare old times.

                  G      C  G  Em
  Refrain: Ring a ring a rosie
                          C     
           As the light declines
               G             C 
           I remember Dublin City
                  D        G
           In the rare old times.

              G       C       G       Em
2nd Verse: My name it is Sean Dempsey
                              C
           As Dublin as could be
                G                C
           Born hard and late in Pimlico
                D                      D7 G
           In a house that's ceased to be
                            C  G   Em
           By trade I was a cooper
                               C
           Lost out to redundancy
                   G                  C    
           Like my house that fell to progress
              D              G
           My trade's a memory.

  Refrain

             G       C     G       Em
3rd Verse: I courted Peggy Diagnam
                            C
           As pretty as you please
             G               C
           A gentle child of Mary
                    D          D7   G
           From the rebel liberties
                           C       G    Em
           I lost her to a student chap
                                 C
           With skin as black as coal
                   G               C    
           When he took her off to Birmingham
               D            G
           She took away my soul.

  Refrain

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4th Verse: The years have made me bitter
                               C
           The gargles dims my brain
                  G               C
           'Cause Dublin keeps on changing
               D                 D7   G
           And nothing seems the same
                              C         G  Em
           The Pillar and the Met are gone
                                 C
           The Royal long pulled down
                  G               C    
           As the grey unyielding concrete
                   D          G
           Makes a city of my town.

  Refrain

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5th Verse: Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey
                           C
           I can no longer stay
               G                   C
           And watch the new glass cages
                  D            D7   G
           Spring up along the quay
                                 C    G   Em
           My mind's too full of memories
                               C
           Too old to hear new chimes
                 G                C    
           I'm a part of what was Dublin
                  D        G
           In the rare old times.

  Refrain