Song Lyrics

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

From Bantry Bay up to 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 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 he looked at me
""She's the gem of the Ireland's 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 sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay...

Tom Schluchter, Cathal Mac Garvey

The duration of The Star of the County Down is 3:13 minutes and seconds.