Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Rare Ould times 
Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown The passing tales and stories, that once was Dublin town The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes That once was part of Dublin, in the rare ould times Chorus Ring-a-ring-a-Rosie, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times 
My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that's ceased to be By trade I was a Cooper, lost out to redundancy Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory 
And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as can be A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel liberties I lost her to a student chap, with skin a s black as coal When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul Chorus Now the years have made me bitter The gargles dimmed me brain Cos Dublin keeps on changin', and nothin' stays the same The Pillar and the Met are gone The Royal long since pulled down As the grey unyielding concrete makes A city of my town Chorus Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffy, I can no longer stay And watch the new glass cages that spring up along the Quay Me mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes I'm part of what was Dublin in the rare ould times Chorus Ending:- I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times