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As a bridge or an intro to Dublin in the Rare Auld Times I often do a shortened version of Molly Malone
Dublin in the Rare Auld Times
by Luke Kelly and the Dubliners
Raised on songs and stor- ies, heroes of renown,
The passing tales and glor- ies, that once was Dublin town,
The hallowed halls and hous- es, the haunting children's rhymes,
That once was Dublin ci- ty, in the Rare Oul Times.
( Chorus
Ring a ring a ro- sie as the light declines,
I remember Dublin ci- ty in the rare oul times. )
My name it is Sean Dempsey as Dublin as could be
Born hard and late in Pimlico in a house that ceased to be
My 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 Dignan, as pretty as you please,
A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel liberties,
I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal,
When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul.
Chorus
The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing and nothing seems the same.
The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down
As the grey unyielding concrete makes a city of my Town.
Chorus
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, to old to hear new chimes,
I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the Rare Oul Times.
Chorus x2
The passing tales and glor- ies, that once was Dublin town,
The hallowed halls and hous- es, the haunting children's rhymes,
That once was Dublin ci- ty, in the Rare Oul Times.
( Chorus
Ring a ring a ro- sie as the light declines,
I remember Dublin ci- ty in the rare oul times. )
My name it is Sean Dempsey as Dublin as could be
Born hard and late in Pimlico in a house that ceased to be
My 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 Dignan, as pretty as you please,
A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel liberties,
I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal,
When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul.
Chorus
The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing and nothing seems the same.
The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down
As the grey unyielding concrete makes a city of my Town.
Chorus
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, to old to hear new chimes,
I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the Rare Oul Times.
Chorus x2