The Dubliners - Dublin In The Rare Old Times-HQ

Dubliners - Dublin In The Rare Old Times Lyrics
Raised on songs & stories, heroes of re-known
The passing tales & glories that once was Dublin town
The hallowed halls & houses, the haunting childrens' rhymes
That once was Dublin city in the rare ould times

[Chorus:]
Ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines
I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times

My name it is Sean Demspey, as Dublin as can be
Born hard & 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

& I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you please
A rogue & a child of Mary, from the rebel liberties
I lost her to a student chap with a 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 & nothing stays the same
The Pillar & the Met have gone, 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
& 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

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[GladiatorMusic2010]

nothing like original irish music ,the old australian folklore music has roots of the irish in it. in the 1800's .

[TheDublinersHQ]

@GladiatorMusic2010 More to come:-)))

[Slan67]

A 'cooper' was someone who made the steel rings they put around the barrels..maith thiu..great stuff

[Slan67]

@howardstadt Fair play to him, take 'er handy over there, grand song isn't it?

[howardstadt]

@Slan67 my great grandfather was a cooper in Jersey City, NJ.

[TheAshbash87]

A cooper is the poor gut that would shape oak wood wood by hand ring with steel hoops to make the barrels for ,beer and all sorts of spirits for a price per barrel made heavy and hard work jc Edinburgh

[SalVastans]

Amazing 

[abbeyharry1952]

@parkerdonaldmusic Thankyou---You Are  Very Kind.

Keep Smiling.

Mary.

[abbeyharry1952]

@TheDublinersHQ and the Very Same To You and Yours Across The Pond My Friend---Am Slowly Getting Through My Mail LOL

Keep Smiling.

Love Mary.

[parkerdonaldmusic]

this channels has to have a bunch of views.

[TheDublinersHQ]

@abbeyharry1952 happy new year mary love s

[abbeyharry1952]

@TheDublinersHQ Yes---Will E-Mail You. Sorry Not Been Well.

Keep Smiling.

[ayupmeduck1]

@TheDublinersHQ a cooper is a barrel maker, he sings 'my trades a memory'