Star of the County Down (Live)

In 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 up to Derry Quay and
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 shook my head
And I looked with a feelin' rare
Then say's I, to a passer-by
"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
He smiled at me and with pride, say's 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 Down"
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down

At the Harvest Fair I'll be surely there
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Though with rust my plough turns brown
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
Sits 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 fair colleen
That I met in the County Down

I traveled a bit but was never hit
Til my roving career began
Then fair and square I surrendered there
To the charms of young Rose McCann
I had a heart to let but no tenant yet
Did I see in shawl or gown
But in she went and I asked no rent
From 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 fair colleen
That I met in the County Down