Star Of The County Down Traditional Transcriptions

The Star of the County Down

Source: Bob Pfeffer
Source's source: The First Book of Irish Ballads, Daniel O'Keeffe, ed. (The Mercier Press, Cork, 1976)

Text:
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Near to Banbridge Town, in the County Down
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One morning in July
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Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
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And she smiled as she passed me by
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Oh, she looked so neat from her two white feet
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To the sheen of her nut-brown hair;
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Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
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To make sure I was standing there
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Chorus: Oh, from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin town
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No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
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That I met in the County Down