Van Morrison - Star Of The County Down Lyrics
In banbridge town in the county downOne morning last july,From a boreen green came a sweet colleenAnd she smiled as she passed me by.She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feetTo the sheen of her nut brown hair.Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myselfFor to see I was really there.Chorus:From bantry bay up to derry quay andFrom galway to dublin town,No maid Ive seen like the brown colleenThat 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,Whose the maid with the nut brown hair?He smiled at me and he sayss, says he,Thats the gem of irelands crown.Its rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,Shes the star of the county down.Chorus:From bantry bay up to derry ouay andFrom galway to dublin town,No maid Ive seen like the brown colleenThat I met in the county down.At the harvest fair shell be surely thereAnd Ill dress in my sunday clothes,With my shoes shone bright and my hat *****edRight for a smile from my nut brown rose.No pipe Ill smoke, no horse Ill yokeTill my plough turns rust coloured brown.Till a smiling bride, by my own firesideSits the star of the county down.Chorus / repeat
