Misc Traditional - Star of the county down
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Uncle J Even you can play this
Enjoy,
-T
Star of the County Down
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Near Bainbridge town in the county down one morning last July
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Down the wild boreen came a sweet Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
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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
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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
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She's young Rosie McGann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the county
DmDown.
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She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like a rose in June
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And you craved each note from her lily-white throat as she lifted an Irish tune
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At the pattern dance you'd be held in trance as she tripped through a jig or a reel
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When her eyes she'd roll she would lift your soul and your heart she would quickly steal
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Now I've roamed a bit was never hit since my traveling days began
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But fair and square I surrendered there to the charms of young Rosie McCann
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With my heart to let sure no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or a gown
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But in she went and I asked no rent from the star of the County Down.
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