[ti:The Star of the County Down]
[ar:The King'S Singers]
[al:Watching the White Wheat - Folksongs of the British Isles]
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[00:02.38]The Star of the County Down - The King'S Singers
[00:08.61]Near banbridge town
[00:09.60]In the county down
[00:11.60]One evening last july
[00:14.79]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
[00:17.85]And she smiled as she passed me by
[00:21.60]She looked so neat in her two bare feet
[00:25.25]To the sheen of her nut brown hair
[00:28.70]Such a coaxing elf i'd to shake myself
[00:32.11]To make sure i was standing there
[00:36.03]From bantry bay down to derry quay
[00:39.03]From galway to dublin town
[00:42.61]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín
[00:45.77]That i met in the county down
[00:53.19]As she onward sped i shook my head
[00:56.07]And i gazed with a feeling queer
[01:00.40]And i said says i to a passerby
[01:03.28]Who's your one with the nut brown hair
[01:06.86]He smiled at me and with pride says he
[01:10.48]She's the gem of old ireland's crown
[01:14.20]Young rosie mccann from the banks of the bann
[01:17.61]And the star of the county down
[01:21.04]From bantry bay down to derry quay
[01:24.27]From galway to dublin town
[01:27.97]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín
[01:31.46]That i met in the county down
[02:17.44]She'd a soft brown eye and
[02:19.42]A look so sly and a smile like the rose in june
[02:24.22]And you held each note from her auburn throat
[02:27.54]As she lilted lamenting tunes
[02:31.83]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance
[02:34.65]As she skipped through a jig or reel
[02:38.38]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul
[02:46.73]And your heart she would likely steal
[02:52.10]From bantry bay down to derry quay
[02:55.70]From galway to dublin town
[02:59.31]No maid i've seen like the fair cailín
[03:02.93]That i met in the county down
[03:10.18]That i met in the county down