Chorus
Ring a Ring a Rosie
As the lights decline
I remember Dublin city
In the rare oul' times
Raised on songs and stories
Heroes of reknown
Thepassing 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 oul' times
Chorus
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 trades a memory
And I courted Peggy Dignan,
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
Chorus
The years have made me bitter
The gargle dims my brain
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing
And nothing stays the same
The pillar and the Met have gone and
The Royal long since pulled down
As the great unyielding concrete
Makes a city of my town
Chorus
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 the chimes
I'm a part of what Dublin was
In the rare oul' times
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