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The Wolfe Tones perform The Star of the County Down

LYRICS

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down

One morning in July

Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín

And she smiled as she passed me by.

Oh she looked so sweet from her two bare feet

To the fringe of her nut brown hair

Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself

To be sure I was really there.

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And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown cailín

That I met in the County Down.

As she onward sped I shook my head

And I gazed with a feeling rare

And I said, says I, to a passerby

"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"

He smiled at me, and with pride says he,

"That's the gem of Ireland's crown.

She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann

She's the star of the County Down."

Chorus

I've travelled a bit, but never was hit

Since my roving career began

But fair and square I surrendered there

To the charms of young Rose McCann.

I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet

Did I meet with in shawl or gown

But in she went and I asked no rent

From the star of the County Down.

Chorus

At the crossroads fair I'll be surely there

And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes

And I'll try sheep's eyes, and deludhering lies

On the heart of the nut-brown rose.

No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke

Though with rust my plow turns brown

Till a smiling bride by my own fireside

Sits the star of the County Down.

Chorus