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In Banbridge Town in the County DownOne morning last July,From a boreen green came a sweet colleenAnd she smiled as she passed me by.She looked so sweet from her two bare feetTo the sheen of her nut brown hair.Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myselfFor to see I was really there.[Chorus]From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay andFrom Galway to Dublin Town,No maid I've seen like the brown colleenThat I met in the County Down.As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,And I looked with a feelin' rare,And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?He smiled at me and he says, say's he,"That's the gem of Ireland's crown.It's Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,She's the star of the County Down".[Chorus]SongtexteAt the Harvest Fair she'll be surely thereAnd I'll dress in my Sunday clothes,With my shoes shone bright and my hat cockedRight for a smile from my nut brown rose.No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yokeTill my plough turns rust colored brown.Till a smiling bride, by my own firesideSits the star of the County Down.[Chorus] Aus Songtexte Mania