[00:35.94]Near banbridge town in the county down
[00:40.12]One morning last july,
[00:44.45]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
[00:48.72]And she smiled as she passed me by.
[00:53.05]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:58.21]From galway to dublin town,
[01:02.14]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:06.60]That I met in the county down.
[01:28.69]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[01:33.07]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[01:37.34]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[01:41.77]For to see I was really there.
[01:46.22]From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[01:50.96]From galway to dublin town,
[01:55.09]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:59.32]That I met in the county down.
[02:21.68]As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
[02:25.83]And I looked with a feelin' rare,
[02:29.63]And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
[02:34.73]"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “
[02:39.02]He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
[02:43.54]"she's the gem of ireland's crown. “
[02:47.84]It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
[02:51.85]She's the star of the county down".
[03:48.21]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
[03:52.82]So I'll wear in my sunday clothes,
[03:57.37]With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
[04:01.45]Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
[04:06.03]No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
[04:10.02]Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
[04:14.55]For a smiling bride, by my own fireside
[04:18.82]Sits the star of the county down.
[04:23.40]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[04:28.02]From galway to dublin town,
[04:32.24]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[04:36.41]That I met in the county down.
[04:40.76]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[04:45.30]From galway to dublin town,
[04:49.58]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[04:57.01]That I met in the county down.
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