Star of the County Down - The Chieftains

[00:22.26]Near banbridge town in the county down
[00:25.16]One morning last july,
[00:27.67]From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
[00:30.54]And she smiled as she passed me by.
[00:33.13]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[00:36.12]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[00:38.52]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[00:40.86]For to see I was really there.
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[00:43.91]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:46.71]From galway to dublin town,
[00:49.20]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[00:51.64]That I met in the county down.
[01:05.19]As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
[01:09.37]And I looked with a feelin' rare,
[01:11.60]And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
[01:13.72]"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “
[01:16.49]He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
[01:19.12]"that's the gem of ireland's crown. “
[01:21.98]It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
[01:27.44]She's the star of the county down".
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[01:29.85]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[01:32.85]From galway to dublin town,
[01:35.54]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:38.16]That I met in the county down.
[01:53.30]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
[01:56.65]And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,
[01:59.28]With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
[02:02.05]Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
[02:04.43]No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
[02:06.25]Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
[02:09.49]Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
[02:12.46]Sits the star of the county down.
[02:14.86]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[02:17.94]From galway to dublin town,
[02:20.34]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[02:22.95]That I met in the county down.
[02:25.61]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[02:28.32]From galway to dublin town,
[02:30.85]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[02:33.55]That I met in the county down.
[02:36.52]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[02:38.83]From galway to dublin town,
[02:41.32]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[02:42.46]That I met in the county down.
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