Star of the County Down

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

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

I've travelled a bit but never was hit

Since my roving career began

But fair and square I surrendered there

To the charms of young Rose McCann

I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet