Star Of The County Down

from Bedlam Boys by Jim Hancock & Friends

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Quintessential Irish Love Song

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Near to Banbridge Town, in the County Down,
On a mornin' in last July,
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen,
And she smiled as she passed me by.
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet,
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair,
Such a handsome elf, I'd to pinch meself,
To be sure I was really there.

chorus
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay;
From Galway to Dublin Town,
No maid I've seen like the nut-brown colleen,
That I met in the County Down.

As she onward sped, sure I scratched me head,
And I looked with a feelin' rare,
And I says, says I, to a passer-by,
"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
Well, he smiles at me and he says, says he,
"That's the jewel in Ireland's crown,
Young Rosie Mac Anne, from the banks o' the Bann;
She's the Star of the County Down.” chorus

At the harvest fair, she'll surely be there,
So I'll dress in me Sunday clothes,
With me shoes shone bright and me hat cocked right
For a smile from the nut-brown Rose.
No pipe I'll smoke, nor horse I'll yoke,
'Til me plow turns a rust-colored brown,
"Til a smilin' bride by me own fireside,
Sits the Star of the County Down. chorus

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from Bedlam Boys, released April 1, 2020
Jim Hancock - voice, guitar, acoustic bass guitar
Jim Lillquist - hammered dulcimer
Joyce Lillquist - autoharp

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