The Star of the County Down

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 nut-brown hair Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself To make sure I was standing there 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 nut-brown hair?"" He smiled at me, and he looked at me ""She's the gem of the Ireland's crown Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann She's the star of the County Down"" 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 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay... --- The Star of the County Down - Pertness