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Uncle J Even you can play this Enjoy, -T Star of the County Down Dm F G Dm G Near Bainbridge town in the county down one morning last July Dm F G Dm F Dm Down the wild boreen came a sweet Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by. F Dm F Dm G She looked so sweet from her two bare-feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair.
Sure a coaxinDmg elf I'd to shake me-self tFo make sure IG was standing therDme. F Dm Chorus: From Bantry FBay down to Derry Quay from Galway Dmto Dublin Town. F Dm G No Maid DmI've seen like the sweet Colleen that FI met in the county down. G Dm F Dm DmAs she onward sped sure I shook my head anFd I gazed witGh a feeling quarDme G And I said, says I, Dmto a passer-by: whose the maid with tFhe nut broGwn hair? Dm F Dm Oh he smileFd at me and with Dmpride says he; that's the gemF of Ireland's crown. Dm G Dm F G Dm F She's young Rosie McGann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the county DmDown.
Chorus: Dm F G Dm G She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like a rose in June Dm F G Dm F Dm And you craved each note from her lily-white throat as she lifted an Irish tune F Dm F Dm G At the pattern dance you'd be held in trance as she tripped through a jig or a reel Dm F G Dm F Dm When her eyes she'd roll she would lift your soul and your heart she would quickly steal Chorus: Dm F G Dm G Now I've roamed a bit was never hit since my traveling days began Dm F G Dm F Dm But fair and square I surrendered there to the charms of young Rosie McCann F Dm F Dm G With my heart to let sure no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or a gown Dm F G Dm F Dm But in she went and I asked no rent from the star of the County Down. Chorus: