Star Of The County Down Testo

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair.
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
For so see I was really there.

Chorus:
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
and from Galway to Dublin town,
No maid I❝ve seen like the fair colleen
that I met in the County Down.

As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
And I looked with a feeling rare.
And I say, say❝s I, to a passer - by,
"Who❝s the maid with the nut - brown hair"?
He smiled at me and he say❝s, say❝s he,
"That❝s the gem of Ireland❝s crown.
Young Rosie Mc Cann, from the banks of the bann
She❝s the star of 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 it is rust - coloured brown.
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
sits the Star of the County Down