Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
G
D
Em
D
Em
G
D
Em
In
Vandredstown,
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Em
One morning in July
D
Em
G
Down a boring gink came the sweet Colleen
D
Em
D
And she smiled as she passed me by
Em
G
Oh, she looked so sweet
Em
Bm
And the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em
G
Such a coaxing elf, I did pinch myself
D
Em
D
To make sure I was standing there
Em
G
D
From Battery Bay up to Derry Cay
Bm
Em
G
Though made I seem like a sweet collie
D
Em
D
Em
Then I met in the county town
D
Em
D
And I stood with a feeling queer
Em
G
I said, says I, to the passer -by
D
Em
D
Em
Who's the girl with the nut -brown hair?
G
D
Oh, smiled at me with his pride, he,
Em
Bm
She's the gem of Ireland's crown.
G
D
from the banks of the Banff,
Em
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Em
She's the star of the County Down.
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D
From Battery Bay up to Derry Cay,
Em
Bm
And from Galway to Dublin Town,
Em
G
Though made I seem like the sweet Colleen
D
Em
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Em
That I met in the County Down.
D
Em
D
And a smile like a rose in June
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D
from her lily -white throat
Em
D
Em
As she lilted an Irish tune
Em
Bm
As you slipped through a four -hand reel
Em
G
With her eyes she'd roll, take away my soul
D
Em
D
And my heart she did softly steal
Em
G
D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Cay
Bm
Em
G
No maid I seen like the sweet Colleen
D
Em
D
Em
That I met in the County Down
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D
At Harvest Fair I'll surely be there
Em
D
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Em
G
D
And I'll boldly play for to make my way
Em
D
To the heart of the Nutbrow Rose
Em
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D
No pipe I'll smoke, no cow I'll yoke
Em
Bm
And my plough, with its rust, turns brown
Em
G
D
To my own fireside sits a smilin' bride
Em
D
She's the star of the county town
Em
G
D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Cay
Bm
Em
G
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
D
Em
D
Em
G
D
That I met in the county town
Em
D
Em
G
D
Em
Bm
Em
You
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TunerE A D G B E
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