Star Of The County Down

Verse: 1 Near Banbridge Town in the County Down, One morning last July From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín, And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet from her two bare feet, To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a winsome elf, I’m ashamed of myself For to see I was staring there From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down Verse: 2 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"? Well, he looked at me, and he said to me, "That'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 No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down Verse: 3 She'd soft brown eyes with a look so shy and a smile like a rose in June And she sang so sweet what a lovely treat as she lilted an Irish tune At the Lammas dance I was in a trance as she whirled with the lads of the town And it broke my heart just to be apart from the star of the County Down From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down: Verse: 4 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 is a rust coloured brown And a smiling bride, by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down