The Parting Glass Lyrics - Singles - Ranagri

Near 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 

To be sure 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 sweet colleen 

That I met in the County Down. 

As she onward sped, sure I scratched me 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 said, said he, 

"that's the gem of Ireland's crown. 

It's Rose mc Cann from the banks of the Bann, 

She's the star of the County Down". 

Chorus: 

From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and 

From Galway to Dublin town, 

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen 

That I met in the County Down. 

Well I've travelled a bit, but never was hit 

Since my roving career began; 

But fair and square I surrendered there 

To the charms of Rose 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. 

Chorus: 

From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and 

From Galway to Dublin town, 

No maid I've seen like the sweet 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 a 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 a rust coloured brown. 

Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside 

Sits the star of the County Down. 

Chorus: 

From Bantry Bay up to Derry quay and 

From Galway to Dublin town, 

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen 

That I met in the County Down.