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The Star of the County Down - Frank Patterson

Near Banbridge town in the County Down

One morning in July

Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen

And she smiled as she passed me by

She looked so sweet from her two white feet

To the sheen of her nut-brown hair

Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself

To make sure I was standing there

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen

That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped I shook my head

And I gazed with a feeling rare

And I said says I to a passerby

"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair "

He smiled at me and with pride says he

"That's the gem of Ireland's crown

She's young Rosie McCann

From the banks of the Bann

She's the star of the County Down "

From bantry bay up to derry quay and

From galway to dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

That I met in the county down

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there

And I'll dress in my sunday clothes

With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked

Right for a smile from my nut brown rose

No pipe I'll smoke no horse I'll yoke

Till my plough turns rust coloured brown

Till a smiling bride by my own fireside

Sits the star of the county down

From bantry bay up to derry ouay and

From galway to dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

That I met in the county down