Star of the County Down

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down

One morning last July

Down the bóithrín green came a sweet colleen

And she smiled as she passed me by

Oh, she looked so sweet from her two bare feet

To the sheen of her nut-brown hair

Such a whimsome elf, that I pinched myself

For to see I was standing there

From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen

That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped, well I scratched my head

And I looked with a feeling rare

And I said, says I, to a passerby

"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"

And he smiled at me, and he said, says he

"She'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 the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen

That I met in the County Down

Well, I've travelled a bit, but I never been hit

Since my roving career began

Got me fair and square, I surrendered there

To the charms of old Roise McCann

With a a heart to let and no tenant yet

Did I meet and a row began

But in she went, and I asked no rent

From the star of the County Down

From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay

And from Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen

That I met in the County Down