Dublin In The Rare Auld Times-Eddie Furey

[ti:Rare Oul Times] [ar:Eddie Furey] [al:The Greatest Ever Irish Pub Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dublin In The Rare Auld Times - Eddie Furey [00:10.08]Raised on songs and stories [00:13.37] [00:14.27]Heroes of renown [00:16.53] [00:17.96]The passing tales and glories [00:22.09]That once was Dublin Town [00:25.19] [00:26.43]The hallowed halls and houses [00:30.37] [00:31.25]The haunting childrens rhymes [00:33.98] [00:34.88]That once was parts of Dublin [00:38.20] [00:38.91]In the rare old times [00:42.51] [00:44.49]Ring a ring a rosey [00:47.30] [00:48.32]As the light declines [00:50.96] [00:51.73]I remember Dublin City [00:55.05] [00:55.97]In the rare old times [00:59.80] [01:01.50]Oh my name it is Sean Dempsey [01:05.21] [01:06.63]As Dublin as can be [01:08.67] [01:10.29]Born hard and late in Pimlico [01:13.69] [01:14.40]In a house that ceased to be [01:17.36] [01:18.83]By trade I was a cooper [01:22.27] [01:22.99]Lost out to redundancy [01:25.83] [01:26.98]Like my house that fell to progress [01:31.49]My trade's a memory [01:34.72] [01:36.68]And I courted Peggy Dignam [01:40.95] [01:41.65]As pretty as you please [01:44.50] [01:45.51]A rogue and child of Mary [01:49.04] [01:49.64]From the rebel Liberties [01:53.08] [01:53.98]I lost her to a student chap [01:58.24]With skin as black as coal [02:01.44] [02:02.41]As he took her off to Birmingham [02:06.85]She took away my soul [02:10.15] [02:11.89]Ring a ring a rosey [02:14.98] [02:15.96]As the light declines [02:18.79] [02:19.39]I remember Dublin City [02:22.87] [02:23.61]In the rare old times [02:27.61] [02:30.35]The years have made me bitter [02:34.22] [02:35.18]The gargle dims me brain [02:38.00] [02:38.90]Cause Dublin keeps on changing [02:43.31]And nothing seems the same [02:46.41] [02:47.53]The Pillar and the Met have gone [02:51.03] [02:51.70]The Royal long since pulled down [02:54.74] [02:56.11]As the great unyielding concrete [02:59.52]Makes a city of my town [03:03.20] [03:05.47]Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey [03:09.40] [03:10.50]I can no longer stay [03:12.93] [03:14.19]And watch the new glass cages [03:18.35]That spring up along the Quay [03:21.91] [03:22.77]My mind's too full of memories [03:27.00]Too old to hear new chimes [03:30.03] [03:31.18]I'm part of what was Dublin [03:34.60] [03:35.48]In the rare old times [03:38.94] [03:40.79]Ring a ring a rosey [03:43.83] [03:44.92]As the light declines [03:48.12]I remember Dublin City [03:51.56] [03:52.54]In the rare old times