Star Of County Down chords by The High Kings
Verse 1
Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One evening last July
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
An' the sheen in her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
Chorus 1
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
That I met in the County Down
Verse 2
Em
As she onward sped
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And I shook my head
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And I gazed with a feeling queer
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And I said, says I, to a passerby
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"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?"
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He smiled at me, and with pride says he,
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"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
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Young Rosie McCann
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from the banks of the Bann
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D
Em
And the star of the County Down"
Chorus 2
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From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
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D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
D
She'd a
Verse 3
Em
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D
soft brown eye and a look so sly
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Bm
And a smile like a rose in June
Em
And you held each note
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D
in her auburn throat,
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D
Em
as she lilted lamenting tunes
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D
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
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D
as she skipped through a jig or reel
Em
When her eyes she'd roll,
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D
as she'd lift your soul
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D
Em
And your heart she would likely steal
Chorus 3
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D
From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
G
D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Verse 4
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At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
Em
Bm
and I'll dress in me Sunday clothes
Em
With me hat cocked right
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D
and me shoes shone bright
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D
Em
for a smile from the nut-brown Rose
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No horse I'll yoke, nor pipe I'll smoke,
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Bm
'til the rust in me plough turn brown
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And a smiling bride by my own fireside
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Em
sits the star of the County Down
Chorus 4
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D
From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
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D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
Em
D
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
Em
Bm
And a smile like a rose in June
Em
And you held each note
D
in her auburn throat,
Em
D
Em
as she lilted lamenting tunes
G
D
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
Em
D
as she skipped through a jig or reel
Em
When her eyes she'd roll,
G
D
as she'd lift your soul
Em
D
Em
And your heart she would likely steal
Interlude 2
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Bm
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Chorus 5
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From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
G
D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Verse 6
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Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
Em
Bm
One evening last July
Em
G
D
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
Em
D
Em
And she smiled as she passed me by
G
D
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
Em
Bm
An' the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Em
G
D
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake meself
Em
to make sure I was standing there
Chorus 6
G
D
From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
G
D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Chorus 7
G
D
From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
G
D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Chorus 8
G
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From Bantry Bay down to Derry quay
Em
Bm
From Galway to Dublin town
Em
G
D
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Star Of County Down
The High Kings
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