Em G D G Em D Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning in July Em G D G C D Em Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by G Am G Em D She looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut-brown hair Em G D Em C D Em Such a (Sure the)coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself, to make sure I was standing there
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G Am G Em D From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town Em G D Em C D Em No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen that I met in County Down
Em G D G Em D As she onward sped, sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare Em G D G C D EmAnd I said, says I to a passer-by, who's the maid with the nut-brown hair? G Am G Em D He smiled at me and with pride says he, that's the gem of Irelands crown Em G D Em C D Em She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down
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Em G D G Em D She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like the rose in June Em G D G C D And you held each note from her lily-white throat, as she lilted an Irish tune G Am G Em D At the pattern dance you were in trance as she tripped through a jig or reel Em G D Em C D Em When her eyes she'd roll, she would lift soul as your heart she would likely steal
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Em G D G Em D At the harvest fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress my Sunday clothes Em G D G C D With my shoes shon bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from the nut-brown Rose G Am G Em D No pipe I smoke, no horse I'll yoke, let my plough with the rust turns brown Em G D Em C D Em Till a smiling bride by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down
