Star of the County Down

Em G D

In Banbridge town in the County Down

Em D Em

one morning in last July.

Em G D

From a boreen green came a sweet colleen

Em D Em

and she smiled when she passed me bye.

G D

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet

Em C D

to the sheen of her nutbrown hair.

Em G D

Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself

Em D Em

for to see I was really there.

G D Em C D

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town,

Em G D Em D Em

no maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the County Down.

As she onwards sped, sure I scratched my head

and I looked with a feelin' rare,

and I say's say's I, to a passer by,

"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair?"

He smiled at me and he say's, say's he,

"Thats the gem of Irelands crown.

It's Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,

she's the star of the County Down.

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town,

no maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the County Down.

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there

and I'll dress in my sunday clothes,

with my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right

for a smile from my nutbrown rose.

No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke

till my plough turns rustcoloured brown.

Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside,

sits the star of the County Down.

||: From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town,

no maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the County Down... :||

The Pure Malt Songbook

David Fønsbo

2005-01-23T13:49:01

David Fønsbo