Key: E minor
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
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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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from the banks of the Bann
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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
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D
Em
That I met in the County Down
Verse 3
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soft brown eye and a look so sly
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And a smile like a rose in June
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in her auburn throat,
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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
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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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D
At the har vest fair she'll be surely there
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Bm
and I'll dress in me Sunday clothes
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and me shoes shone bright
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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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D
And a smiling bride by my own fireside
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Em
sits the star of the County Down
Chorus 4
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
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Em
Verse 5
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D
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
Em
Bm
And a smile like a rose in June
Em
D
Em
as she lilted lamenting tunes
G
D
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
Em
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as she skipped through a jig or reel
G
D
as she'd lift your soul
Em
D
Em
And your heart she would likely steal
Interlude 2
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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
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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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G
D
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
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
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
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G D Bm Dadd9
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