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Star Of The County Down

from Bottle Hymns by The Grinning Barretts

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In Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July,
From a boreen green came a sweet Christine
And she smiled as she passed me by.
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 to see I was really there.

As she onward sped, I shook my head,
And gazed with a feelin' weird
And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,
"Whose yer one with the nut brown hair"?
He smiled at me with pride say's he,
"She’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".

From Bantry Bay to Derry Quay
Galway to Dublin Town,
No maid I've seen like the fair Christine
I met in the County Down.

She’d soft brown eyes, and a look so sly
And a smile like a rose in June
And she held each note from her auburn throat
As she lilted lamenting tunes
At the pattern dance you’d be in a trance
As she skipped through a jig or reel
When her eyes she’d roll, she’d lift your soul
And your heart she would likely steal

At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there
So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes,
With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright
For a smile from my nut brown rose.
No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I’ll smoke
Till the rust on my plough turns brown.
And a smiling bride, by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down.

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from Bottle Hymns, released July 14, 2023

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