Van Morrison - Star Of The County Down (Irish Heartbeat)
Van Morrison - Star Of The County Down (Irish Heartbeat)
In Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July,
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by.
She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
For to 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 brown colleen
That I met in the County Down.
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
And I looked with a feelin' rare,
And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,
"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown.
It's Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,
She's the star of the County Down".
Chorus:
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.
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.
Chorus / Repeat
STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN (02:59)
cdbaby.com STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN made popular by Van Morrison and the Chieftains as well many as
others over generations this is a well known, well loved Irish song. Track from the SANDS OF
ABERDEEN by Jed Maurm with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown with various photos from the Lonestar Stout
shows, from the recording project and from Ireland. The Players: Jed Marum - guitar, vocal Hugh
Morrison - button accordion, background vocals Mason Brown - pardessus viol, background vocals Jaime
Marum ...
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