The Star Of The County Down (Capo 2nd Fret)
(Intro 1st Line)
Near Banbridge town in the County Down one mornin' last July
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so neat from her two bare feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair
Sure the coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself to make sure I was standing there
Chorus
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
As she onward sped sure I shook me head and I gazed with a feelin' quare
And I says, says I, to a passer by "Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?"
Oh he smiled at me and with pride says he "That's the gem of old Ireland's crown
She's young Rosie Mc Cann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
She's a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like a rose in June
And you hung on each note from her lil-ywhite throat as she lilted an Irish tune
At the pattern dance you were held in a trance as she tripped through a reel or a jig
And when her eyes she'd roll she'd coax, upon my soul, a spud from a hungry pig
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
(Change Key)
I travelled a bit but I never was hit since my rovin' career began
But fair and square I surrendered there to the charms of young Rosie Mc Cann
With a heart to let and no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or gown
But in she went and I asked no rent from the star of the County Down
Chorus
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
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 deluthering lies on the heart of the nut brown rose
No pipe I'll smoke and no horse I'll yoke though my plough with the rust turns brown
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I (slow)met in the County Down
Arrangement by Frank Lennon
MidiFiles at www.socc.ie/~midiclass
flennon@indigo.ie

The Star Of The County Down
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The Star Of The County Down
4th Verse (Change Key)
Sequenced-Frank Lennon
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flennon@indigo.ie