Star of the Country Down-Brigham Phillips

[ti:Star of County Down] [ar:Aideen O'Brien and The Five Fifths] [al:Celtic Legends] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star of the Country Down (乡村之星) - Brigham Phillips [00:05.97]Near Banbridge town in the County down [00:08.38]One morning last July [00:10.61]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín [00:13.60]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:15.42] [00:16.08]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [00:18.67]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [00:20.67] [00:21.21]Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself [00:23.60]To make sure I was standing there [00:25.56] [00:26.34]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [00:28.91]From Galway to Dublin town [00:30.80] [00:31.37]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [00:34.07]That I met in the County down [00:35.93] [00:39.31]As she onward sped I shook my head [00:41.73]And I gazed with a feeling queer [00:43.53] [00:44.20]And I said says I to a passerby [00:46.67]Who's your one with the nut brown hair [00:48.74] [00:49.26]He smiled at me and with pride says he [00:51.73]She's the gem of old Ireland's crown [00:53.86] [00:54.39]Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann [00:57.05]And the star of the County down [00:58.66] [00:59.54]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [01:01.92]From Galway to Dublin town [01:03.86] [01:04.46]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:07.10]That I met in the County down [01:08.95] [01:12.19]She'd a soft brown eye and [01:13.48]A look so sly and a smile like the rose in June [01:16.64] [01:17.17]And you held each note from her auburn throat [01:19.77]As she lilted lamenting tunes [01:21.61] [01:22.25]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance [01:24.72]As she skipped through a jig or reel [01:26.57] [01:27.21]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul [01:29.60]And your heart she would likely steal [01:31.60] [01:32.26]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [01:34.80]From Galway to Dublin town [01:36.80] [01:37.35]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:40.14]That I met in the County down [01:42.15] [02:05.36]There own defact [02:06.30]With was never hit [02:07.60]Since my traveling his begun [02:09.45] [02:10.14]What faire sqare ans serrender [02:12.59]To the time of the rose in can [02:14.44] [02:15.18]With my heart to late [02:16.29]With my tenong gate [02:17.67]Did I need to the soller come [02:19.50] [02:20.22]Whan is she went [02:21.35]And I of know rent from the daro country down [02:24.15] [02:25.26]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [02:27.67]From Galway to Dublin town [02:29.42] [02:30.00]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [02:32.55]That I met in the County down [02:34.68] [02:37.88]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there [02:40.02]And I'll dress my Sunday clothes [02:41.97] [02:42.52]With my hat cocked right and my shoes shon bright [02:45.06]For a smile from the nut brown rose [02:46.95] [02:47.46]No horse pipe I smoke [02:48.82]'Til the rust in my plough turn brown [02:52.41]And a smiling bride by my own fireside [02:54.99]Sits the star of the County down [02:56.78] [02:57.48]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [02:59.93]From Galway to Dublin town [03:02.42]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [03:05.02]That I met in the County down [03:06.84] [03:07.47]From Bantry Bay down to derry quay [03:09.90]From Galway to Dublin town [03:11.82] [03:12.32]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [03:16.24] [03:17.31]That I met in the County down