The Star Of The County Down

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[Verse]
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Banbridge Town in the County Down
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One morning of last July
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From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
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And she smiled as she passed me by

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She looked so sweet, from her two bare feet
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To the sheen of her nut brown hair
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Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
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For to see I was really there

[Chorus]
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From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
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From Galway to Dublin Town
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No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
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That I met in the County Down

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[Verse]
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As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
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And I looked with a feelin' rare
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And I says, says I, to a passer-by
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"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?

[Verse]
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He smiled at me and he says, says he
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"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
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Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
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She's the star of the County Down"

[Chorus]
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From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
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From Galway to Dublin Town
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No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
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That I met in the County Down

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[Verse]
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The Harvest Fair, she'll be surely there
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And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
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With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right
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For a smile from my nut brown rose

[Verse]
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No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
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Till my plough turns rust coloured brown
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Till my smiling bride, by my own fireside
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Sits the star of the County Down

[Chorus]
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From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
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From Galway to Dublin Town
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No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
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That I met in the County Down

[Chorus]
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From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
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From Galway to Dublin Town
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No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
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That I met in the County Down