《Rare Ould Times》歌词

[00:00:00] Rare Ould Times - Jim McCann

[00:00:01] Written by：St. John

[00:00:09] Raised on songs and stories heroes of renown

[00:00:17] The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin town

[00:00:26] The hallowed halls and houses the haunting children's rhymes

[00:00:35] That once was Dublin city in the rare ould times

[00:00:44] Ring a ring a rosey as the light declines

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

[00:01:03] My name it is Sean Dempsey as Dublin as could be

[00:01:12] Born hard and late in Pimlico

[00:01:16] In a house that ceased to be

[00:01:20] By trade I was a cooper lost out to redundancy

[00:01:29] Like my house that fell to progress my trade's a memory

[00:01:38] My courted Peggy Dignam as pretty as you please

[00:01:46] A rogue and a child of Mary from the rebel liberties

[00:01:55] I lost her to a student chap with skin

[00:02:00] As black as coal

[00:02:03] When he took her off to Birmingham she took away my soul

[00:02:13] Ring a ring a rosey as the light declines

[00:02:20] I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times

[00:02:32] The years have made me bitter the gargle dims me brain

[00:02:40] 'Cause Dublin keeps on changing and nothing seems the same

[00:02:49] The pillar and the met have gone

[00:02:53] The royal long since pulled down

[00:02:57] As the grey unyielding concrete makes a city of my town

[00:03:06] Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey I can no longer stay

[00:03:15] And watch the new glass cages spring up along the quay

[00:03:23] My mind's too full of memories too old to hear new chimes

[00:03:32] I'm part of what was Dublin in the rare ould times

[00:03:41] Ring a ring a rosey as the light declines

[00:03:49] I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times

[00:03:58] Ring a ring a rosey as the light declines

[00:04:06] I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times