Star Of County Down

Near to Banbridge town in the County (A)Down on a (Em)morning a (A)in (Bm)July,

down a (Em)boreen green came a (C)sweet (G)(A)caileen,

and she (Em)smiled as she (A)passed me (Em)by.

Oh, she (G)looked so neat from her (D)two white feet to the (Em)sheen of her (A)nutbrown (Bm)hair.

Such a (C)coaxing elf, had to (Em)shake (A)myself to make (Em)sure I was (A)really (Em)there.

Oh, from (G)Bantry Bay up to (D)Derry Quay,

and from (Em)Galway to (C)Dublin (Bm)town,

no (C)maid I've seen like the (Em)brown (A)caileen that I (Em)met in the (A)County (Em)Down.

As she onward sped, I sure scratched my (A)head and I (Em)gazed with my (A)feeling (Bm)quare.

Then I (Em)said, said I to a (C)(G)(A)passerby,

"Who's the (Em)maid with the (A)nutbrown (Em)hair?"

Oh, he (G)smiled at me, and with (D)pride says he,

"That's the (Em)gem of her (A)Ireland's (Bm)crown,

young (C)Rosie McCann from the (Em)banks of (A)Bann;

she's the (Em)star of the (A)County (Em)Down.

Oh, from (G)Bantry Bay up to (D)Derry Quay,

and from (Em)Galway to (C)Dublin (Bm)town,

no (C)maid I've seen like the (Em)brown (A)caileen that I (Em)met in the (A)County (Em)Down.

At the met in the (A)County (Em)Down.