《The Rare Ould Times》歌词

[00:00:06] Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown

[00:00:13] The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town

[00:00:22] The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting childrens rhymes

[00:00:30] That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times

[00:00:39] Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines

[00:00:47] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

[00:00:57] My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be

[00:01:03] Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be

[00:01:09] By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy

[00:01:15] Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory

[00:01:21] And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as you please

[00:01:27] A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties

[00:01:33] I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal

[00:01:39] When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul

[00:01:46] Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines

[00:01:52] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

[00:01:58] The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain

[00:02:04] Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same

[00:02:10] The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down

[00:02:17] As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town

[00:02:23] Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines

[00:02:29] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

[00:02:56] Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay

[00:03:03] And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay

[00:03:09] My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes

[00:03:16] I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

[00:03:26] Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines

[00:03:32] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

[00:03:38] Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines

[00:03:44] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

[00:03:50] I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times