Post N° 64

Star (Of The County Down) - EnTer The HaGGis

Near Banbridge Town in the County DownOne morning last JulyFrom the wild boreen came a sweet colleenAnd she smiled as she passed me byShe looked so sweet from her two bare feetTo the sheen of her nut-brown hairSuch a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myselfTo be sure I was standing there

As she onward sped, sure I shook my headAnd I gazed with a feeling quareAnd said I, says I, to a passer-byWho's the maid with the nut-brown hair?He smiled at me and with pride said he,She's the gem of Ireland's crown,Miss Rosie McCannFrom the banks of the Bann,She's the Star of the County DownFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry QuayAnd from Galway to Dublin townNo maid I've seen like the sweet colleenThat I met in the County DownFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry QuayAnd from Galway to Dublin townNo maid I've seen like the sweet colleenThat I met in the County DownShe'd a soft brown eye and a look so slyAnd a smile like a rose in JuneAnd you crave each notefrom her lily-white throatAs she lilted an Irish tuneBut at the pattern dance you beheld in tranceAs she kicked through a jig or reelWhen her eyes she'd roll,She would lick your soulAnd your heart she would quickly stealFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry QuayAnd from Galway to Dublin townNo maid I've seen like the sweet ColleenThat I met in the County DownFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry QuayAnd from Galway to Dublin townNo maid I've seen like the sweet ColleenThat I met in the County Down

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