The Star of the County Down-John McCormack

[ti:The Star of the County Down (1989 Digital Remaster)] [ar:John McCormack/Gerald Moore] [al:Centenary Celebrations] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.61]The Star of the County Down - John McCormack (麦考梅克) [00:03.12]Written by：Cathal MacGarvey/Traditional English/Herbert Hughes [00:04.62] [00:05.88]Near banbridge town [00:07.24]In the county down [00:08.75]One evening last July [00:10.75] [00:11.53]Down a boithrin green came a sweet cailin [00:14.20]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:16.42] [00:17.40]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [00:20.38]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [00:22.16] [00:22.84]Such a coaxing elf [00:24.03]I'd to shake myself [00:25.86]To make sure I was standing there [00:27.63] [00:28.51]From bantry bay down to Derry quay [00:31.19]From galway to Dublin town [00:32.96] [00:33.75]No maid I've seen like the fair cailin [00:36.32]That I met in the county down [00:38.45] [00:44.07]As she onward sped I shook my head [00:46.67]And I gazed with a feeling queer [00:48.83] [00:49.46]And I said says I to a passerby [00:51.84]Who's your one with the nut brown hair [00:54.13] [00:54.74]He smiled at me and with pride says he [00:57.38]She's the gem of old Ireland's crown [00:59.36] [01:00.07]Young rosie mccann from [01:01.77]The banks of the bann [01:02.97]And the star of the county down [01:04.56] [01:05.46]From bantry bay down to Derry quay [01:08.48]From galway to Dublin town [01:09.71] [01:10.57]No maid I've seen like the fair cailin [01:12.88]That I met in the county down [01:14.96] [01:20.87]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there [01:23.95]And I'll dress my Sunday clothes [01:26.27] [01:26.84]With my hat cocked right [01:28.25]And my shoes shon bright [01:29.92]For a smile from the nut brown rose [01:32.16] [01:32.82]No horse I'll yoke or pipe I smoke [01:35.70]Til the rust in my plough turn brown [01:37.68] [01:38.46]And a smiling bride by my own fireside [01:41.26]Sits the star of the county down [01:43.18] [01:44.02]From bantry bay down to Derry quay [01:46.84]From galway to Dublin town [01:48.48] [01:49.27]No maid I've seen like the fair cailin [01:52.34] [01:53.66]That I met in the county down