Star of the County Down

Near Banbridge Town
in the County Down
one morning last july

From a boreen green
came a sweet colleen
for the smile
just that passed me by

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 realy there

R.:
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

As she onward sped
sure I scratched my head
and I looked with a feelin' rare

And I say's, say's I
to a passer by
Who's the maid
with the nut brown hair

He smiled at me
and he say's, say's he
"That's the gem
of the Ireland's crown

Young Rosie McCann
from the banks of the Bann
she's the star
of the County Down"

R.:
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
so I'll dress in my Sunday clothes

With my shoes shine bright
and my hat cocked right
for the smile
of a nut brown rose

No pipe I'll smoke
no horse I'll yoke
till my plough
turns rust coloured brown

Till a smiling bride
by my own fireside
sits the star
of the County Down

R.:
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