The Rare Ould Times Lyrics - Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly

Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown 

The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town 

The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting childrens 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 

My 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, well 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 have 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 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