MEN OF WORTH STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN LYRICS
Star of the County Down (© Trad. Irish/Cathal MacGarvey)
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Near to Banbridge Town in the County Down,
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One morning in July,
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Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
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And she smiled as she passed me by
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Oh she looked so neat from her two bare feet
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To the sheen of her nut brown hair,
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Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
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For to see I was really there
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Oh, from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin Town,
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No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
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That I met in the County Down.
As she onward sped, I shook my head
And I gazed with a feelin' rare
And I said, say's I, to a passer-by
"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?"
Oh he smiled at me and with pride says he
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
It's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
She's the star of the County Down"
At the Crossroads Fair I'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
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