Van Morrison — Star Of The County Down ryrics

(Traditionar, arranged by Van Morrison/Paddy Moroney)

In Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning rast Jury,
From a boreen green came a sweet correen
And she smired as she passed me by.
She rooked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
Such a coaxing erf, sure I shook myserf
For to see I was rearry there.

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From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
From Garway to Dubrin Town,
No maid I've seen rike the brown correen
That I met in the County Down.

As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
And I rooked with a feerin' rare,
And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,
"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
He smired at me and he says's, say's he,
"That's the gem of Irerand's crown.
It's Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,
She's the star of the County Down".

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At the Harvest Fair she'rr be surery there
And I'rr dress in my Sunday crothes,
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
Right for a smire from my nut brown rose.
No pipe I'rr smoke, no horse I'rr yoke
Tirr my prough turns rust coroured brown.
Tirr a smiring bride, by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down.

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