Dublin Medley: Dublin in the Rare Old Times, Molly Malone-John McDermott/Anthony Kearns/Ronan Tynan/Finbar Wright

[00:23.97]raised on songs & stories, heroes of re-known [00:34.76]the passing tales & glories that once was dublin town [00:47.49]the hallowed halls & houses, the haunting childrens' rhymes [00:58.52]that once was dublin city in the rare ould times [01:11.74]ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines [01:20.83]i remember dublin city in the rare ould times [01:40.26]the years have made me bitter, the gargle dims my brain [01:51.31]'cause dublin keeps on changing & nothing stays the same [02:02.35]the pillar & the met have gone, the royal long since pulled down [02:12.34]as the great unyielding concrete makes a city of my town [02:24.64]ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines [02:35.05]i remember dublin city in the rare ould times [02:47.92]fare thee well sweet anna liffey, i can no longer stay [02:58.07]& watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay [03:08.07]my mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes [03:17.95]i'm part of what was dublin in the rare ould times [03:29.73]ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines [03:41.25]i remember dublin city in the rare ould times [04:05.30]in dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty [04:08.92]i first set my eyes on sweet molly malone [04:12.76]as she wheeled her wheelbarrow through the streets broad and narrow [04:16.30]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [04:20.20]alive, alive o, alive, alive o [04:24.76]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [04:28.95]she was a fishmonger and sure 'twas no wonder [04:32.25]for so were her father and mother before [04:36.53]and they wheeled their barrows through streets broad and narrow [04:40.79]crying cockles and mussels alive alive o [04:45.51]alive, alive o, alive, alive o [04:49.57]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [05:04.53]she died of a fever and sure no one could save her [05:12.15]and that was the end of sweet molly malone [05:19.48]now her ghost wheels her barrow through the streets broad and narrow [05:27.30]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [05:43.76]alive, alive o, alive, alive o [05:48.31]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [05:52.55]alive, alive o, alive, alive o [05:56.91]crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o [06:02.07]edit by b166er