Star Of The County Down Lyrics

Song	Star Of The County Down
Artist	The High Kings
Album	Memory Lane
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	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	(Chorus)
	From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
	From Galway to Dublin town
	No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
	That I met in the County Down
	As she onward sped I shook me head
	And I gazed with a feeling queer
	And I said, says I, to a passerby
	"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?"
	He smiled at me, and with pride says he:
	"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
	Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
	And the star of the County Down"
	(Chorus)
	She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you'd be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes, she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	(Chorus)
	At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
	And I'll dress my Sunday clothes
	With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright
	For a smile from the nut-brown Rose
	No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I smoke
	'Til the rust in my plough turn brown
	And a smiling bride by my own fireside
	Sits the star of the County Down
	(Chorus)
	She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you'd be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	(Chorus)
	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	(Chorus X3)

	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bo ithri n green came a sweet caili n
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nutbrown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I' d to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	Chorus
	From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
	From Galway to Dublin town
	No maid I' ve seen like the fair caili n
	That I met in the County Down
	As she onward sped I shook me head
	And I gazed with a feeling queer
	And I said, says I, to a passerby
	" Who' s your one with the nutbrown hair?"
	He smiled at me, and with pride says he:
	" She' s the gem of old Ireland' s crown
	Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
	And the star of the County Down"
	Chorus
	She' d a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you' d be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes, she' d roll, as she' d lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	Chorus
	At the harvest fair she' ll be surely there
	And I' ll dress my Sunday clothes
	With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright
	For a smile from the nutbrown Rose
	No horse I' ll yoke, or pipe I smoke
	' Til the rust in my plough turn brown
	And a smiling bride by my own fireside
	Sits the star of the County Down
	Chorus
	She' d a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you' d be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes she' d roll, as she' d lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	Chorus
	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bo ithri n green came a sweet caili n
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nutbrown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I' d to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	Chorus X3

	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bó ithrí n green came a sweet cailí n
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nutbrown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I' d to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	Chorus
	From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
	From Galway to Dublin town
	No maid I' ve seen like the fair cailí n
	That I met in the County Down
	As she onward sped I shook me head
	And I gazed with a feeling queer
	And I said, says I, to a passerby
	" Who' s your one with the nutbrown hair?"
	He smiled at me, and with pride says he:
	" She' s the gem of old Ireland' s crown
	Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
	And the star of the County Down"
	Chorus
	She' d a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you' d be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes, she' d roll, as she' d lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	Chorus
	At the harvest fair she' ll be surely there
	And I' ll dress my Sunday clothes
	With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright
	For a smile from the nutbrown Rose
	No horse I' ll yoke, or pipe I smoke
	' Til the rust in my plough turn brown
	And a smiling bride by my own fireside
	Sits the star of the County Down
	Chorus
	She' d a soft brown eye and a look so sly
	And a smile like the rose in June
	And you held each note from her auburn throat
	As she lilted lamenting tunes
	At the pattern dance you' d be in trance
	As she skipped through a jig or reel
	When her eyes she' d roll, as she' d lift your soul
	And your heart, she would likely steal
	Chorus
	Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
	One evening last July
	Down a bó ithrí n green came a sweet cailí n
	And she smiled as she passed me by
	She looked so neat in her two bare feet
	To the sheen of her nutbrown hair
	Such a coaxing elf, I' d to shake myself
	To make sure I was standing there
	Chorus X3

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