Star of the County Down
Loreena Mckennitt

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 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 into Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair 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 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 Ireland s crown.
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,
She's the star of the County Down.

From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down

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 my smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down.

From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the fair colleen
That I met in the County Down


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Lyrics by Loreena Mckennitt

  All Souls Night   Ancient Pines   Annachie Gordon   As I Roved Out   Balulalow   Banks Of Claudy   Banquet Hall   Beneath A Phrygian Sky   Between The Shadows   Blacksmith   Bonny Portmore   Breaking The Silence   Breton Carol   Brian Boru's March   Caravanserai   Carrighfergus   Ce H\u00c3\u00a9 Mise le Ulaingt (Who Am I to Bear...   Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt,The Two Trees   Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt?\/the Two Trees   Come By The Hills   Courtyard Lullaby   Coventry Carol   Cymbeline   Dante's Prayer   Dante's Prayer   Dark Night of the Soul   Dickens' Dublin   Dickens' Dublin (the Palace)   Dickens' Dublin   Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)   Down By the Sally Gardens   Emmanuel   Full Circle   Gloomy Sunday   Gloucestershire Wassail   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Abdelli Version]   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen [Abdelli Version]   Good King Wenceslas   Greensleeves   Huron 'beltane' Fire Dance   In Praise Of Christmas   In the Bleak Midwinter   Incantation   Introduction   Kecharitomene   Kecharitomene [Instrumental]   Kellswater   Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined   Let Us The Infant Greet   Lullaby   Marrakesh Night Market   Moon Cradle   Mystic Dream   Never-Ending Road (Amhr\u00e1n Duit)   Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit)   Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)   Night Ride Across The Caucasus   No\u00c3\u00abl Nouvelet!   On a Bright May Morning   Penelope's Song   Penelope's Song   Please Remember Me   Prospero's Speech   Prospero's Speech   Raglan Road   Sacred Shabbat   Sacred Shabbat [Instrumental]   Samain Night   Santiago   Seeds Of Love   She Moved Through The Fair   Skellig   Snow   Standing Stones   Stolen Child   Tha Gates Of Istanbol   The Bonney Swans   The Bonny Swans   The Christmas Bells Carol   The Dark Night Of The Soul   The Death of Queen Jane   The English Ladye And The Knight   The Gates Of Istanbul   The Highwayman   The Holly & The Ivy   The King   The Lady Of Shalott   The Lark In The Clear Air   The Last Unicorn   The Mummer's Dance   The Mummers' Dance   The Mummers' Dance   The Mystic's Dream   The Mystic's Dream   The Old Ways   The Parting Glass   The Seasons   The Seven Rejoices Of Mary   The Star of the County Down   The Stockford Carol   The Two Trees   The Waxford Carol   The Wexford Carol   The Wind that Shakes the Barley   To The Fairies They Draw Near   To The Fairies They Draw Near, Part II   Track Comments To 'the Visit'   Track Comments To 'the Visit'   Track Comments To the Visit   Un Flambeau   Wexford Carol

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