Traditional Irish - Star of the county down

Near to ^Em Banbridge Town, in the ^G County ^D Down One ^Em morning in Ju^Dly, Down a ^Em boreen green came a ^G sweet co^Dlleen, And she ^Em smiled as she ^Am passed me ^Em by; Oh, she ^G looked so neat from her ^D two white feet To the ^Em sheen of ^Am her nut-brown ^D hair, Sure the ^Em coaxing elf, I'd ^G to shake my^Dself To ^Em make sure I was ^Am standing ^Em there CHORUS Oh, from ^G Bantry Bay up to ^D Derry Quay, And from ^Em Galway to Dublin ^D town, No ^Em maid I've seen like the ^G brown ^D colleen That I ^Em met in the ^Am County ^Em Down.

As she ^Em onward sped I ^G shook my ^D head And ^Em I gazed with a feeling ^D quare, And I ^Em said, says I, to a ^Am passer ^D by, "Who's the ^Em maid with the ^Am nut-brown ^Em hair?" Oh, he ^G smiled at me, and with ^D pride says he, "That's ^Em the gem ^Am of Ireland's ^D crown, She's young ^Em Rosie McCann from the ^G banks of the ^D Bann, She's ^Em the Star of the ^Am County ^Em Down." CHORUS Oh, from ^G Bantry Bay up to ^D Derry Quay, And from ^Em Galway to Dublin ^D town, No ^Em maid I've seen like the ^G brown ^D colleen That I ^Em met in the ^Am County ^Em Down.

I've ^Em traveled a bit, but ^G never was ^D hit Since ^Em my roving career ^D began; But fair ^Em and square I ^Am surrendered ^D there To the ^Em charms of ^Am young Rose ^Em McCann. I'd a ^G heart to let and ^D no tenant yet Did ^Em I meet with ^Am in shawl or ^D gown, But in ^Em she went and ^G I asked no ^D rent From ^Em the Star of the ^Am County ^Em Down. CHORUS Oh, from ^G Bantry Bay up to ^D Derry Quay, And from ^Em Galway to Dublin ^D town, No ^Em maid I've seen like the ^G brown ^D colleen That I ^Em met in the ^Am County ^Em Down.

At ^Em the crossroads fair I'll ^G be surely ^D there And ^Em I'll dress in my Sunday ^D clothes And I'll ^Em try sheep's eyes, and ^Am deludhering ^D lies On the ^Em heart of the ^Am nut-brown ^Em Rose. No pipe ^G I'll smoke, no ^D horse I'll yoke Though ^Em with rust ^Am my plow turns ^D brown, Till a ^Em smiling bride by ^G my own ^D fireside Sits ^Em the Star of the ^Am County ^Em Down. Chorus

Oh, from ^G Bantry Bay up to ^D Derry Quay, And from ^Em Galway to Dublin ^D town, No ^Em maid I've seen like the ^G brown ^D colleen That I ^Em met in the ^Am County ^Em Down.