Star Of The County Down - The High Kings

[00:00.00]Near banbridge town in the county down
[00:02.29]One evening last july ,
[00:04.08]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
[00:06.49]And she smiled as she passed me by.
[00:08.36]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[00:10.85]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[00:12.76]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[00:15.00]To make sure I was standing there.
[00:17.14]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:19.60]From galway to dublin town,
[00:21.38]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[00:23.76]That I met in the county down.
[00:25.89]As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
[00:28.32]And I looked with a feelin' rare,
[00:29.99]And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
[00:32.42]"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “
[00:34.37]He smiled at me and with pride says he ,
[00:36.53]"She's the gem of ireland's crown.“
[00:38.74]Young rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
[00:41.11]And the star of the county down".
[00:43.18]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:45.64]From galway to dublin town,
[00:47.38]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[00:49.68]That I met in the county down.
[00:51.44]She'd a soft brown eye
[00:53.02]And a look so sly and a smile
[00:54.51]Like the rose in june
[00:56.00]And you held each note from her auburn throat
[00:58.56]As she lilted lamenting tunes
[01:00.36]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance
[01:02.68]As she skipped through a jig or reel
[01:05.36]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul
[01:08.10]And your heart she would likely steal
[01:09.92]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[01:12.54]From galway to dublin town,
[01:14.25]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:16.79]That I met in the county down.
[01:18.78]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
[01:21.24]And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,
[01:22.87]With my hat cocked right and my shoes shon bright
[01:25.66]For a smile from the nut brown rose.
[01:27.53]No horse i'll yoke or pipe I smoke
[01:30.00]Till the rust in my plough turn brown.
[01:31.59]And a smiling bride by my own fireside
[01:34.11]Sits the star of the county down.
[01:35.95]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[01:38.39]From galway to dublin town,
[01:40.14]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:42.74]That I met in the county down.
[01:44.83]...
[01:53.79]She'd a soft brown eye
[01:54.71]And a look so sly and a smile
[01:56.13]Like the rose in june
[01:57.54]And you held each note from her auburn throat
[02:00.17]As she lilted lamenting tunes
[02:02.09]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance
[02:04.55]As she skipped through a jig or reel
[02:07.68]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul
[02:09.83]And your heart she would likely steal
[02:11.75]...
[02:28.82]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[02:31.39]From galway to dublin town,
[02:33.23]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[02:35.70]That I met in the county down.
[02:37.82]Near banbridge town in the county down
[02:40.07]One evening last july ,
[02:41.81]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
[02:44.29]And she smiled as she passed me by.
[02:46.27]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[02:48.64]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[02:50.51]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[02:52.93]To make sure I was standing there.
[02:54.87]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[02:57.20]From galway to dublin town,
[02:59.12]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[03:01.61]That I met in the county down.
[03:03.42]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[03:05.86]From galway to dublin town,
[03:07.68]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[03:10.19]That I met in the county down.
[03:11.98]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[03:14.39]From galway to dublin town,
[03:16.25]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[03:19.47]That I met in the county down.