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 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 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.
  
  i've travelled a bit, but never was hit
  since my roving career began
  but fair and square i surrendered there
  to the charms of young rose mccann.
  i'd a heart to let and no tenant yet
  did i meet with 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 sweet colleen
  that i met in the county down.
  
  at the crossroads fair i'll be surely there
  and i'll dress in my sunday clothes
  and i'll try sheep's eyes, and deludhering lies
  on the heart of the nut-brown rose.
  no pipe i'll smoke, no horse i'll yoke
  though with rust my plow 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 sweet colleen
  that i met in the county down.
• (bkz: a capella bogazici)
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  (bkz: irlanda)
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