Key: F# minor
Verse 1
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in the county town,
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One morning in July,
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a sweet Colleen,
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She smiled as she passed me by.
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To the sheen of her not -brown hair
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Such a coaxing elf, I had to shake myself
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To make sure I was really there
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From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin town
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No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
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That I met in the County Down
As she unwrapped's
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bed I shook my head
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And I gazed with a feeling queer
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And set eyes aside to a passer -by
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Who's the maid with
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the matte brown hair
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He smiled at me with pride, said he
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That's the gem of Ireland's crown
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from the banks of the Banff,
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From Banshree Bay up to Derry Cay
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and from Galway to Dublin Town,
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Nor made her seem like the sweet Colleen
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that I met in the County Down.
I have travelled a bit,
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since her roving career began.
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But Perham Square, I surrender there,
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for the charm of Rosie McCann.
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With a heart to let and no tenent yet
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But in she went and I
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From Banshree Bay up to Derringhae
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And from Owey to Dublin town
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That I met in the county down
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And a smile like a rose in June
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from your lily -red throat
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when she thripped through a reel or jig
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From Bantry Bay and to Derry May
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and from Bowie to Dublin Town
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No maid I seen like the sweet Colleen
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that I met in the county town
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From Bantry Bay up to Derry Bay
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No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
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That I met in the county down
At the Crossroads Fair,
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I'll be surely there,
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I'll dress in my Sunday glow,
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To the harp or the nut -grown rose.
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No pipe I smote, no horse I choked,
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Nor my plough with rust turns brown,
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Till a smiling bride by the old fire site,
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Sits a star or the county down.
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From Bantry Bay up to Derricay,
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And from Galway to Dowling Town,
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No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
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That I met in the county down.
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From Bantry Bay up to Derry Cay
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No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
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That I met in the county down.
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