Star Of The County Down Lyrics - Singles - Tears For Beers

Close to Banbridge town, in the county Down 

One morning last July 

Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen 

And she smiled as she passed me by; 

She looked so neat from her two bare feet, 

To the sheen of her nut-brown hair, 

Such a coaxing elf, I`d to shake myself, 

To make sure I was really there. 

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay, 

And from Galway to Dublin town, 

Na maid I`ve seen like the brown collen, 

That I met in the country Down 

As sho onward sped sure I sratched my head 

And I said with a feeling rare, 

Ay", says I to a passer by, 

Who`s the maid with the nut-brown hair?" 

He smiled at me, and then says he: 

She`s the gem of Ireland`s crown, 

young 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, 

Na maid I've seen like the brown collen, 

That I met in the county Down 

At the harvest fair I`ll be surely there 

And I dress in my Sunday clothes 

With my shoes shone bright and my hat upright 

And a smile from my nut-brown rose. 

No pipe I smoke, no horse I`ll yoke 

Let me plough with a rust turn 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, 

Na maid I`ve seen like the brown colleen, 

That I met in 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