Key:
Introduction:
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
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
G C G Em
The years have made me bitter
C G
The gargles dims me brain
C G
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing
C D
And nothing stays the same
G C G
The Pillar and the Met have gone
Em C
The Royal long since pulled down
G C
As the great and unyielding concrete
D G
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
G C G Em
Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey
C G
I can no longer stay
C G
And watch the new glass cages
C D
That spring up along the quay
G C G
My mind's too full of memories
Em C
Too old to hear new chimes
G C
I'm a part of what was 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
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