The Star Of County Down - Eliseo Mauas Pinto

“The Star of The County Down“ Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July, From a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by. She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For to see I was really there. From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, And I looked with a feelin’ rare, And I says, says I, to a passer-by, “Who’s the maid with the nut brown hair? He smiled at me and he says, says he, “That’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 Bantry Bay into Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I’ve seen like the fair colleen That I met in the County Down