The Star Of The County Down

[Intro]                                               [Verse] Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning of last July From a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by [Verse] She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxing elf sure I shook myself For to see I was really there [Chorus] From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down [Instrumental]               [Verse] As she onward sped sure I scratched my head And I looked with a feelin’ rare And I says says I to a passer-by "Who’s the maid with the nut brown hair? [Verse] He smiled at me and he says says he "That’s the gem of Ireland’s crown Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann She’s the star of the County Down" [Chorus] From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down [Instrumental]                                                  [Verse] 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 nut brown rose [Verse] No pipe I’ll smoke no horse I’ll yoke Till my plough turns rust coloured brown Till my smiling bride by my own fireside Sits the star of the County Down [Chorus] From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down [Chorus] From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down [Outro]