2 acessos
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 The years have made me bitter The gargles dims me brain 'Cause Dublin keeps on changing And nothing stays the same The Pillar and the Met have gone The Royal long since pulled down As the great and unyielding concrete 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 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 Dublim 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