Star of the County Down Heather Dale (Ft. Ben Deschamps & Heather Dale)

Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down
One morning last July
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And I smiled as she passed me by
She looked so neat from her two white feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
To make sure I was really there

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down
No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen
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 passerby
“Who’s that maid with the nut-brown hair?”
He smiled at me, he said said he
“She’s the gem of Ireland’s crown
She’s young Rose McGann from the banks of the Bann
The star of the County Down.”

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