Star of The County Down

<br>In banbridge town in the county down<br><br>One morning last july,<br><br>From a boreen green came a sweet colleen<br><br>And she smiled as she passed me by.<br><br>She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet<br><br>To the sheen of her nut brown hair.<br><br>Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself<br><br>For to see I was really there.<br><br><br><br>Chorus:<br><br>From bantry bay up to derry quay and<br><br>From galway to dublin town,<br><br>No maid Ive seen like the brown colleen<br><br>That I met in the county down.<br><br><br><br>As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,<br><br>And I looked with a feelin rare,<br><br>And I says, says i, to a passer-by,<br><br>&quot;whose the maid with the nut brown hair&quot;? <br><br>He smiled at me and he sayss, says he,<br><br>&quot;thats the gem of irelands crown.<br><br>Its rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,<br><br>Shes the star of the county down&quot;.<br><br><br><br>Chorus:<br><br>From bantry bay up to derry ouay and<br><br>From galway to dublin town,<br><br>No maid Ive seen like the brown colleen<br><br>That I met in the county down.<br><br><br><br>At the harvest fair shell be surely there<br><br>And Ill dress in my sunday clothes,<br><br>With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked<br><br>Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.<br><br>No pipe Ill smoke, no horse Ill yoke<br><br>Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.<br><br>Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside<br><br>Sits the star of the county down.<br><br><br><br>Chorus / repeat