The Star Of The County Down Lyrics - The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Loreena Mckennitt

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 from 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 into 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, sure I scratched my head, 

And I looked with a feelin' rare, 

And I says, says I, to a passer-by, 

"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair? 

He smiled at me and he says, says 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] 

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 my smiling bride by my own fireside 

Sits the star of the County Down. 

[Chorus] 

[Repeat] 

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