Star Of County Down chords by The High Kings (Official Version)
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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
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Verse 2
As she (E minor) onward sped
And I (G major) shook my (D major) head
And I (E minor) gazed with a feeling (B minor) queer
And I (E minor) said, says I, to a (G major) passerby (D major)
"Who's your (E minor) one with the nut-brown hair?"
He (G major) smiled at me, and with (D major) pride says he,
"She's the (E minor) gem of old Ireland's (D major) crown
Young (E minor) Rosie McCann
from the (G major) banks of the (D major) Bann
And the (E minor) star of the (D major) County (E minor) Down"
Chorus 2
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry Quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
(D major) She'd a
Verse 3
(E minor) soft brown eye and a (G major) look so (D major) sly
And a (G major) smile like a rose in (B minor) June
And you (E minor) held each note
in her (G major) auburn (D major) throat,
as she (E minor) lilted la (D major) menting (E minor) tunes
At the (G major) pattern dance you'd be (D major) in a trance
as she (E minor) skipped through a jig or (D major) reel
When her (E minor) eyes she'd roll,
as she'd (G major) lift your (D major) soul
And your (E minor) heart she would (D major) likely (E minor) steal
Chorus 3
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Verse 4
At the har (E minor) vest fair she'll be (G major) surely there (D major)
and I'll (E minor) dress in me Sunday (B minor) clothes
With me (E minor) hat cocked right
and me (G major) shoes shone (D major) bright
for a (E minor) smile from the (D major) nut-brown (E minor) Rose
No (G major) horse I'll yoke, nor (D major) pipe I'll smoke,
'til the (E minor) rust in me plough turn (B minor) brown
And a (E minor) smiling bride by my (G major) own fire (D major) side
sits the (E minor) star of the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Chorus 4
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Interlude 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 5
She'd a (E minor) soft brown eye and a (D major) look so sly
And a (E minor) smile like a rose in (B minor) June
And you (E minor) held each note
in her (D major) auburn throat,
as she (E minor) lilted la (D major) menting (E minor) tunes
At the (G major) pattern dance you'd be (D major) in a trance
as she (E minor) skipped through a jig or (Dadd9) reel
When her (E minor) eyes she'd roll,
as she'd (G major) lift your (D major) soul
And your (E minor) heart she would (D major) likely (E minor) steal
Interlude 2
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Chorus 5
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Verse 6
Near (E minor) Banbridge town, in the (G major) County (D major) Down
One (E minor) evening last Ju (B minor) ly
Down a (E minor) bóithrín green came a (G major) sweet cai (D major) lín
And she (E minor) smiled as she (D major) passed me (E minor) by
She (G major) looked so neat in her (D major) two bare feet
An' the (E minor) sheen of her nut-brown (B minor) hair
Such a (E minor) coaxing elf, I'd to (G major) shake meself (D major)
to make (E minor) sure I was standing there
Chorus 6
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Chorus 7
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Chorus 8
From (G major) Bantry Bay down to (D major) Derry quay
From (E minor) Galway to Dublin (B minor) town
No (E minor) maid I've seen like the (G major) fair cai (D major) lín
That I (E minor) met in the (D major) County (E minor) Down
Star Of County Down
The High Kings
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