Star Of The County Down-The Irish Tenors

[ti:Star Of The County Down] [ar:John McDermott] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star Of The County Down - The Irish Tenors [00:11.98]Near Banbridge town in the County Down [00:14.08]One evening last July [00:15.43] [00:16.56]Down a boring green came a sweet calling [00:18.26]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:20.22] [00:20.96]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [00:23.38]To the sheen of her nut-brown hair [00:24.93] [00:25.48]Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself [00:27.79]To make sure I was standing there [00:29.57] [00:30.14]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [00:32.50]From Galway to Dublin town [00:33.82] [00:34.73]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [00:40.78]That I met in the County Down [00:42.21] [00:46.68]As she onward sped I shook my head [00:48.68]And I gazed with a feeling queer [00:50.31] [00:50.86]And I said says I to a passerby [00:53.33]"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair " [00:54.96] [00:55.50]He smiled at me and with pride says he [00:58.22]"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown [01:00.16]Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann [01:02.84]And the star of the County Down " [01:04.30] [01:05.01]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [01:07.26]From Galway to Dublin town [01:08.61] [01:09.61]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:14.01] [01:15.94]That I met in the County Down [01:17.57] [01:21.96]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there [01:23.99]And I'll dress my Sunday clothes [01:25.51] [01:26.29]With my hat cocked right and my shoes shon bright [01:28.79]For a smile from the nut-brown Rose [01:30.55] [01:31.20]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [01:33.36]From Galway to Dublin town [01:34.95] [01:40.44]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [01:42.81]From Galway to Dublin town [01:44.32] [01:45.13]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:49.14] [01:52.24]That I met in the County Down