The Rare Ould Times

Pete St-John

Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
I got passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town
The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes
That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

Well we name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be
Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be
By 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 Dignam, 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

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

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 are gone, the Royal long since pulled down
As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould 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 Dublin, in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

Curiosità sulla canzone The Rare Ould Times di Flogging Molly

Quando è stata rilasciata la canzone “The Rare Ould Times” di Flogging Molly?
La canzone The Rare Ould Times è stata rilasciata nel 2002, nell’album “Drunken Lullabies”.
Chi ha composto la canzone “The Rare Ould Times” di di Flogging Molly?
La canzone “The Rare Ould Times” di di Flogging Molly è stata composta da Pete St-John.

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