Star Of The County Down-Waldorf String Band

[ti:Star Of The County Down] [ar:Waldorf String Band] [al:Revival] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star Of The County Down - Waldorf String Band [00:36.48]Near banbridge town in the county down [00:39.46]One morning in july [00:42.13]Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen [00:44.84]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:47.23] [00:47.85]She looked so sweet from her two white feet [00:50.65]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [00:53.44]Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself [00:56.18]To make sure I was standing there [00:58.46] [00:59.03]From bantry bay up to derry quay [01:01.95]And from galway to dublin town [01:04.31] [01:04.85]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [01:07.52]That I met in the county down [01:09.66] [01:35.92]As she onward sped I shook my head [01:38.69]And I gazed with a feeling rare [01:41.56]And I said says I to a passerby [01:44.29]Who's the maid with the nut brown hair [01:46.96]He smiled at me and with pride says he [01:49.95]That's the gem of Ireland's crown [01:52.74]She's young rosie mccann from the banks of the bann [01:55.54]She's the star of the county down [01:58.42]From bantry bay up to derry quay [02:01.18]And from galway to dublin town [02:03.93]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [02:06.74]That I met in the county down [02:09.01] [02:09.67]From bantry bay up to derry quay [02:12.43]And from galway to dublin town [02:15.33]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [02:18.05]That I met in the county down [02:20.65] [02:32.43]At the crossroads fair I'll be surely there [02:35.07]And I'll dress in my sunday clothes [02:37.40] [02:38.02]And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludhering lies [02:40.71]On the heart of the nut brown rose [02:43.57]No pipe I'll smoke no horse I'll yoke [02:46.32]Though with rust my plow turns brown [02:49.32]Till a smiling bride by my own fireside [02:52.06]Sits the star of the county down [02:54.26] [02:55.02]From bantry bay up to derry quay [02:57.65]And from galway to dublin town [03:00.47]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [03:03.27]That I met in the county down [03:05.56] [03:06.13]She is a star of the county down [03:08.31] [03:08.84]She is a star of the county down [03:11.19] [03:11.72]She is a star of the county down