Star Of The County Down lyrics
Song information
Artist: Van Morrison Album: Irish Heartbeat
Lyrics
Traditional, arranged by van morrison / paddy moloney
In banbridge town in the county down One morning last july From a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For to see I was really 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 scratched my head And I looked with a feelin' rare And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by "Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? He smiled at me and he says's, say's he "That's the gem of ireland's crown Young rosie mccann from the banks of the bann She's the star of the county down"
Chorus: From bantry bay up to derry ouay and 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 And I'll dress in my sunday clothes With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked Right for a smile from my nut brown rose No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke Till my plough turns rust coloured brown Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside Sits the star of the county down
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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