Star Of The County Down Lyrics - Singles - The High Kings

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down 

One evening last July 

Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín 

And she smiled as she passed me by 

She looked so neat in 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 standing there 

(Chorus) 

From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay 

From Galway to Dublin town 

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín 

That I met in the County Down 

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As she onward sped I shook me head 

And I gazed with a feeling queer 

And I said, says I, to a passerby 

"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?" 

He smiled at me, and with pride says he: 

"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown 

Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann 

And the star of the County Down" 

(Chorus) 

She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly 

And a smile like the rose in June 

And you held each note from her auburn throat 

As she lilted lamenting tunes 

At the pattern dance you'd be in trance 

As she skipped through a jig or reel 

When her eyes, she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul 

And your heart, she would likely steal 

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(Chorus) 

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there 

And I'll dress my Sunday clothes 

With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright 

For a smile from the nut-brown Rose 

No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I smoke 

'Til the rust in my plough turn brown 

And a smiling bride by my own fireside 

Sits the star of the County Down 

(Chorus) 

She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly 

And a smile like the rose in June 

And you held each note from her auburn throat 

As she lilted lamenting tunes 

At the pattern dance you'd be in trance 

As she skipped through a jig or reel 

When her eyes she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul 

And your heart, she would likely steal 

(Chorus) 

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down 

One evening last July 

Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín 

And she smiled as she passed me by 

She looked so neat in 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 standing there 

(Chorus X3)