The Star Of County Down Eliseo Mauas Pinto

The Star of The County Down 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. 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 passerby, 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 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 br, br,