Shilelagh Law
Rare Old Times
Raised on songs & stories, heroes of re-knownThe passing tales & glories that once was Dublin townThe hallowed halls & houses, the haunting childrens' rhymesThat once was part of Dublin in the rare old times[Chorus:]Ring a ring a rosie, as the light declinesI remember Dublin city in the rare old timesMy name it is Sean Demspey, as Dublin as can beBorn hard & late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to beBy trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancyLike my house that fell to progress, my trade a memory[Chorus]I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you pleaseA rogue & a child of Mary, from the rebel libertiesI lost her to a student chap with a skin as black as coalWhen he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul[Chorus]Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay& watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the keyMy mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimesI'm part of what was Dublin in the rare ould times[Chorus]
From Letras Mania