Star Of The County Down

Paul Kelly (Pól Ó Ceallaigh)

[verse 1]
Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One morning in July
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet Cailín
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so sweet in her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf
I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there

[Chorus]
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I’ve seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

[verse 2]
At the harvest fair I'll be surely there
And I’ll dress my Sunday clothes
And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludhering lies
On the heart of the nut-brown Rose
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Though the plough with the rust in my turns brown
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down

[Chorus]
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

[instrumantal break]

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I’ve seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I’ve seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Cailín
That I met in the County Down