Star of the County Down-Jim McCann/Tommy Makem

[ti:The Star Of The County Down] [ar:Jim McCann] [al:Ireland's Greatest Love Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star of the County Down - Jim McCann/Tommy Makem [00:06.67]Near banbridge town [00:07.60]In the county down [00:09.05]One evening last july [00:10.66] [00:11.97]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín [00:14.36]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:16.54] [00:17.28]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [00:19.93]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [00:21.88] [00:22.69]Such a coaxing elf i'd to shake myself [00:24.75]To make sure i was standing there [00:27.04] [00:28.05]From bantry bay down to derry quay [00:30.81]From galway to dublin town [00:32.28] [00:33.61]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín [00:36.57]That i met in the county down [00:38.61] [00:40.98]As she onward sped i shook my head [00:43.23]And i gazed with a feeling queer [00:45.25] [00:45.95]And i said says i to a passerby [00:48.74]Who's your one with the nut brown hair [00:50.66] [00:51.24]He smiled at me and with pride says he [00:53.93]She's the gem of old ireland's crown [00:55.80] [00:56.71]Young rosie mccann from the banks of the bann [00:59.74]And the star of the county down [01:01.59] [01:02.10]From bantry bay down to derry quay [01:04.49]From galway to dublin town [01:06.52] [01:07.59]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín [01:10.76]That i met in the county down [01:12.35] [01:15.00]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there [01:16.79]And i'll dress my sunday clothes [01:19.04] [01:19.76]With my hat cocked right and my shoes shon bright [01:22.24]For a smile from the nut brown rose [01:24.49] [01:25.26]No horse i'll yoke or pipe i smoke [01:27.62]Til the rust in my plough turn brown [01:29.84] [01:30.67]And a smiling bride by my own fireside [01:33.38]Sits the star of the county down [01:35.14] [01:36.12]From bantry bay down to derry quay [01:38.98]From galway to dublin town [01:40.43] [01:41.57]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín [01:44.61]That i met in the county down [01:46.23] [01:47.02]From bantry bay down to derry quay [01:49.68]From galway to dublin town [01:51.55] [01:52.54]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín [01:55.10]That i met in the county down