Morning Ms Letty,Ed,smokingunne,and all WA2K junkies.Flicking through my old holiday photos reminded me of this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7OaDDR7i8&feature=related
The Dubliners - In The Rare Old Times
Raised on songs and stories, heroes of re-known
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
[Chorus:]
Ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines
I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times
Oh me name it is Sean Demspey, as Dublin as could 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 Dignan, as pretty as you please
A rogue and a 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]
Ring a ring a rosie, as the lights decline
I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times.
Oh 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 great unyielding concrete makes a city of my town
[Chorus]
Ring a ring a rosie, 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 a part of what was Dublin in the rare ould times
[Chorus]
Ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines
I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times.
Did Dublin really need The Stiletto In The Ghetto?
At least the beautiful Post Office is still there!
