Lirik & Kunci Gitar Paddy's Lament
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
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Ah, the passing tales and glories that once was Dublin town
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The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes
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That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times
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Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
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I remember Dublin city in the rare ould times
[Verse 2]
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Well my name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be
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Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be
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By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy
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Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory
[Verse 3]
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And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as you please
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A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties
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I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal
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When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul
[Chorus]