Star Of the County Down Quilty
An amazing Irish ballad. This is by far the best version, performed by Quilty. These are the traditional lyrics not the same sorry. Near Banbridge town, in the County Down One morning in July Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by. She looked so sweet from her two white feet To the sheen of her nutbrown hair Such a coaxing elf, I d to shake myself To make sure I was standing 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 I shook my head And I gazed with a feeling rare And I said, says I, to a passerby Who s the maid with the nutbrown hair He smiled at me, and with pride says he, That s the gem of Ireland s crown. She s young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann She s the star of the County
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