Star Of The County Down chords by 
Leo Mccaffrey 
Key: G major•
Verse 1
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D
Em
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Em
Near Banbridge
Town in the county down
D
on an evening last Ju ly
Em
Down a boring green came
a sweet Colleen
G
Em
and she smiled as she passed me by
G
She looked so neat from
D
her two bare feet
Em
D
to the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em
Such a winsome elf
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I was ashamed me self
Em
for to see I was really there
G
D
Oh, from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
Em
Am
And from Galway to Dublin Town
D
Em
No maid I've seen like
the Brown Colleen
That I met in the County
C
G
Em
Am
Em
Down
As she onward sped,
sure I scratched my head
Am
And I looked with a feeling rare
D
Em
I said, says I, to a passer -by
Who's the maid with the nut -brown hair
G
Am
D
He smiled at me and he says to me,
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D
That's the gem of Ireland's crown.
Em
Young Rosie McCann
from the banks of the Bann,
C
Em
She's the star of the County Down.
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D
Oh, from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
G
Am
And from Galway to Dublin Town,
D
Em
No maid I seen like the Brown Colleen
D
Em
That I met in the County Down.
At the Harvest Fair, she'll
be surely there
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Em
Am
So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
D
Em
With my shoes shone bright
and my hat cocked right
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Em
For a smile from the nut -brown rose
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G
D
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Em
A
Till me plough is a rust -coloured brown
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Em
Till a smiling bride be my own fireside
as the star of the County Down.
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Oh, from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
D
Em
Am
D
and from Galway to Dublin Town,
Em
no maid I've seen like
Am
the Brown Tarle ne
Em
that I met in the County Down.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D Em Am C...
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