{"id":1915,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/star-of-the-county-down-1"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"star-of-the-county-down-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/star-of-the-county-down-1\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down
\none morning in July
\nDown a boreen green came a sweet colleen
\nand she smiled as she passed me by
\nOh she looked so neat from her two white feet
\nto the sheen of her nut-brown hair
\nSure the coaxing elf, I’d to shake myself
\nto make sure I was standing there<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nOh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
\nand from Galway to Dublin town
\nNo maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen
\nthat I met in the County Down<\/p>\n

As she onward sped I shook my head
\nand I gazed with a feeling queer
\nAnd I said, says I, to a passer-by
\n“Who’s the maid with the nut-brown hair?”
\nOh, he smiled at me and with pride says he:
\n“That’s the gem of Ireland’s crown
\nShe’s young Rosie McCann, from the banks of the Bann
\nshe’s the Star of the County Down”<\/p>\n

She’d a soft brown eye and a look so sly
\nand a smile like the rose in June
\nAnd you hung on each note from her lily-white throat
\nas she lilted an Irish tune
\nAt the pattern dance you were held in trance
\nas she tripped through a reel or a jig
\nAnd when her eyes she’d roll
\nshe’d coax upon my soul a spud from a hungry pig<\/p>\n

I’ve travelled a bit but never was hit
\nsince my roving career began
\nBut fair and square I surrendered thee
\nto the charm of young Rosie McCann
\nWith a heart to let and no tenant yet
\ndid I meet within shawl or gown
\nBut in she went and I asked no rent
\nfrom the Star of the County Down<\/p>\n

At the crossroads fair I’ll be surely there
\nand I’ll dress in my Sunday clothes
\nAnd I’ll try sheep’s eyes and deludering lies
\non the heart of the nut-brown Rose
\nNo pipe I’ll smoke, no horse I’ll yoke
\nthough my plough with rust turns brown
\nTill a smiling bride by my own fireside
\nsits the Star of the County Down<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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