Star of the County Down
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Near Banbridge Town of the County Down
One evening last July
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
As she smiled as she passed me by
For she looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, had to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down
As she onward sped, I shook my head
And I looked with a feeling rare
I said, says I, to a passerby
"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
He smiled at me, and with pride said he
"She's the gem of Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
She's the star of the County Down"
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down
At the harvest fair, she'll be surely there
So I dress in my Sunday clothes
My shoes shined bright, my hat cocked right
For a smile from my nut-brown rose
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Though my plough turned a rust-coloured brown
'Til a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sit the star of the County Down
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down
She's 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 (ha)
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
As she span in a jig or a reel
With a eyeward roll, she'd have your soul
And a heart she would surely steal
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down