the maguire brothers – star of the county down lyrics
near banbridge town in the county down
one morning last july
down a boreen green came a sweet cailín
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
such a coaxing elf, had to shake meself
to make sure i was standing there
from bantry bay up 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 my head
and i gazed with a feelin’ rare
and i says, says i, to a passer+by
“whose your maid with the nut brown hair?”
he smiled at me, and with pride 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 bantry bay up to derry quay
from galway to dublin town
no maid i’ve seen like the fair cailín
that i met in the county down
she had soft brown eyes with a look so shy
and a smile like the rose in june
and she sang so sweet what a lovely treat
as she lilted an irish tune
at the lammas dance i was in the trance
as she whirled with the lads of the town
and it broke my heart just to be apart
from the star of the county down
from bantry bay up to derry quay
from galway to dublin town
no maid i’ve seen like the fair cailín
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 c+cked right
for a smile from the nut+brown rose
no pipe i’ll smoke, no horse i’ll yoke
though i’ll rest, me plough turns brown
and a smiling bride, by my own fireside
sits the star of the county down
from bantry bay up to derry quay
from galway to dublin town
no maid i’ve seen like the fair cailín
that i met in the county down
near banbridge town in the county down
one morning last july
down a boreen green came a sweet cailín
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
such a coaxing elf, had to shake meself
to make sure i was standing there
from bantry bay up to derry quay
from galway to dublin town
no maid i’ve seen like the fair cailín
that i met in the county down
from bantry bay up to derry quay
from galway to dublin town
no maid i’ve seen like the fair cailín
that i met in the county down
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