Star Of The County Down Lyrics - Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison

In banbridge town in the county down 

One morning last july, 

From a boreen green came a sweet colleen 

And she smiled as she passed me by. 

She looked so sweet fronn 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 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. 

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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, 

"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? 

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

"that's the gem of ireland's crown. 

It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann, 

She's the star of the county down". 

Chorus: 

From bantry bay up to derry ouay 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 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. 

Chorus / repeat