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20 Jun 20 - 11:21 AM (#4060333) Subject: Ring a Ring of Roses From: GUEST,Tony Allen Does anybody have the lyrics and chords to this song. One that Rory Furlong used to sing, not sure if he wrote it, thanks |
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20 Jun 20 - 11:37 AM (#4060336) Subject: RE: Ring a Ring of Roses From: Jim Carroll Written by Pete, St John for the Dublin City Ramblers [Chorus:] Ring a ring a rosie, as the light declines I'll remember Dublin city, in the rare ould times Raised on songs & stories, heroes of renown 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] My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as could be Born hard & late in Pimlico, in a house that's 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 me brain Cause Dublin keeps on changing, & nothing seems the same The Pillar & the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down As the grey 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 a part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times [Chorus x2] About |
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20 Jun 20 - 04:18 PM (#4060390) Subject: RE: Ring a Ring of Roses From: GUEST,Tony Allen Thank you Jim |
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20 Jun 20 - 05:38 PM (#4060410) Subject: RE: Ring a Ring of Roses From: Jack Campin Loathsome piece of racist shit. Discussed here at length before. There is no innocent explanation for bringing this up now. |
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23 Jun 20 - 05:05 PM (#4061051) Subject: RE: Ring a Ring of Roses From: Steve Shaw A good song with one very unfortunate line, I must agree. Baby, bathwater, bathwater stinks... |
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23 Jun 20 - 08:19 PM (#4061082) Subject: RE: Ring a Ring of Roses From: Gallus Moll - and here's me thinking you were after the original song from, I believe, the time of the Plague in London! |