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