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    This document contains the lyrics to the song "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" by Pete St. John. The song tells the story of Sean Dempsey, a Dublin native who reminisces about how the city has changed over time. It describes Sean's upbringing in Dublin, his lost love Peggy, and how landmarks like the Pillar and Met have been torn down and replaced with modern buildings. In the end, Sean can no longer bear to watch Dublin change and remembers the city fondly as it was "in the rare old times."

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    This document contains the lyrics to the song "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" by Pete St. John. The song tells the story of Sean Dempsey, a Dublin native who reminisces about how the city has changed over time. It describes Sean's upbringing in Dublin, his lost love Peggy, and how landmarks like the Pillar and Met have been torn down and replaced with modern buildings. In the end, Sean can no longer bear to watch Dublin change and remembers the city fondly as it was "in the rare old times."

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    This document contains the lyrics to the song "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" by Pete St. John. The song tells the story of Sean Dempsey, a Dublin native who reminisces about how the city has changed over time. It describes Sean's upbringing in Dublin, his lost love Peggy, and how landmarks like the Pillar and Met have been torn down and replaced with modern buildings. In the end, Sean can no longer bear to watch Dublin change and remembers the city fondly as it was "in the rare old times."

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    Dublin in The Rare Old Times

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    This document contains the lyrics to the song "Dublin in the Rare Old Times" by Pete St. John. The song tells the story of Sean Dempsey, a Dublin native who reminisces about how the city has changed over time. It describes Sean's upbringing in Dublin, his lost love Peggy, and how landmarks like the Pillar and Met have been torn down and replaced with modern buildings. In the end, Sean can no longer bear to watch Dublin change and remembers the city fondly as it was "in the rare old times."

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    Dublin In The Rare Old Times


    Pete St. John (as performed by the Dubliners)
    G
    C
    G
    Em
    Raised on songs and stories
    C
    G
    Heroes of reknown
    C
    G
    The passing tales and glories
    C
    D
    That once was Dublin town
    G
    C
    G
    The hallowed halls and houses
    Em
    C
    The haunting children's rhymes
    G
    C
    That once was part Dublin
    D
    G
    In the rare old times
    G
    C G Em
    Ring a ring a rosie
    C
    As the light declines
    G
    C G
    I remember Dublin City
    D
    G
    In the rare old times
    G
    C
    G
    Em
    My name it is Sean Dempsey
    C G
    As Dublin as could be
    C
    G
    Born hard and late in Pimlico
    C
    D
    In a house that's ceased to be
    G
    C G
    By trade I was a cooper
    Em
    C
    Lost out to redundancy
    G
    C
    Like my house that fell to progress
    D
    G
    My trade's a memory
    G
    C
    G
    Em
    I courted Peggy Diagnam
    C
    G
    As pretty as you please
    C G
    A gentle child of Mary
    C
    D
    From the rebel liberties
    G
    C
    G
    I lost her to a student chap

    (The Rare Old Times) chords

    Em
    C
    With skin as black as coal
    G
    C
    When he took her off to Birmingham
    D
    G
    She took away my soul
    G
    C G Em
    Ring a ring a rosie
    C
    As the light declines
    G
    C G
    I remember Dublin City
    D
    G
    In the rare old times
    The years have made me bitter
    The gargles dims me brain
    'Cause Dublin keeps on changing
    And nothing stays the same
    The Pillar and the Met have gone
    The Royal long since pulled down
    As the great and unyielding concrete
    Makes a city of my town
    G
    C G Em
    Ring a ring a rosie
    C
    As the light declines
    G
    C G
    I remember Dublin City
    D
    G
    In the rare old times
    Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey
    I can no longer stay
    And watch the new glass cages
    That spring up along the quay
    My mind's too full of memories
    Too old to hear new chimes
    I'm a part of what was Dublim
    In the rare old times
    G
    C G Em
    Ring a ring a rosie
    C
    As the light declines
    G
    C G
    I remember Dublin City
    D
    G
    In the rare old times
    Set8
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