Star of the Country

Star of the Country - ProSound Tribute Band

Near Banbridge town in the County Down

One morning last July

Down a Boreen green came a sweet coleen

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

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown coleen

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 says says I to a passer-by:

Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair

He smiled at me and he says says he:

That's the gem of Irelands crown

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 coleen

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

Did I meet with in shawl or gown

But in she went and I asked no rent

From the star of the County Down

And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown cailín

That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown coleen

That I met in the County Down

At the crossroads fair I'll be surely there

And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes

And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludhering lies

On the heart of the nut-brown rose

No pipe I'll smoke no horse I'll yoke

Though with rust my plow turns brown

Till a smiling bride by my own fireside

Sits 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 coleen

That I met in the County Down

And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the brown cailín

That I met in the County Down