Star of the County Down - Sean Dagher/Richard Irwin/Nelson Carter/Nils Brown/Michiel Shrey/David Gossage
Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July
From the boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by
Oh she looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Such a coaxing elf that I pinched myself
For to see I was standin' there
From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down
As she onward sped well I scratched my head
And I looked with a feelin' rare
And I says says I to a passer by
Who's that maid with the nut brown hair
Oh he smiled at me and he says says 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 sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down
Well I've traveled a bit but I never been hit
Since my roving career began
But fair and square I surrendered there
To the charms of young Rosie McCann
I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet
Did I meet with in shawl or gown
But in she went and I asked no rent
From 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 sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down
