Orthodox Celts - Star of the County Down lyrics

Near Banbridge town in the county down One morning last July, From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín And she smiled as she pa**ed me by. She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair. Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For to see I was really there. Chorus: From Bantry bay up to Derry Quay and From Galway to Dublin town, No maid I've seen like the brown cailín That I met in the county down. As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, And I looked with a feelin' rare, And I says, says I, to a pa**er-by, "Who's the maid with the nut brown hair"? He smiled at me and he says, says he, "That's the gem of Ireland's crown. Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, She's the star of the county down". Chorus: From Bantry bay up to Derry Quay and From Galway to Dublin town, No maid I've seen like the brown cailín That I met in the county down. At the harvest fair she'll be surely there So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, With my shoes shone bright and my hat co*ked Right for a smile from my nut brown rose. No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke Till my plow turns rust coloured brown. Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside Sits the star of the county down.