;The Star of the County Down
;Music: traditional  Words: Cathal McGarvey


;capo on 5


.   Am                    C      G
 In Banbridge Town in the County Down
.    Am             G
 one morning last July,
.       Am                    C        G
 From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
.        Am            G         Am
 and she smiled as she passed me by
.    C                        G
 She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
.       Am                    G
 to the sheen of her nut brown hair
.       Am                  C       G
 Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
.        Am         G      Am
 to make sure I was really there.


[chorus]
.     C                G
 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
.     Am                  G
 from Galway to Dub-a-lin Town,
.   Am                      C         G
 No maid I've seen like the brown cailín
.       Am         G      Am
 that I met in the County Down
.Am   G   Am   G   Am     G Am
[]


.       Am                  C        G
 As she onward sped, sure I shook my head
.      Am                    G
 And I looked with a feeling rare.
.       Am                 C      G
 Then I said, says I, to a passer-by,
.           Am            G         Am
 "Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
.         C                      G
 Well, he smiled at me, and then says he,
.            Am               G
 "That's the gem of Ireland's crown,
.      Am                    C            G
 She's Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,
.           Am          G      Am
 She's the 'Star of the County Down'"


[chorus]
.     C                G
 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
.     Am                  G
 from Galway to Dub-a-lin Town,
.   Am                      C         G
 No maid I've seen like the brown cailín
.       Am         G      Am
 that I met in the County Down
.Am   G   Am   G   Am     G Am
[]


.     Am                   C         G
 I’ve travelled a bit, but never was hit
.         Am              G
 Since my roving career began
.    Am                   C        G
 But fair and square I surrendered there
.       Am              G      Am
 To the charms of young Rose McCann.
.      C                   G
 I’d a heart to let and no tenant yet
.      Am                    G
 Did I meet with in shawl or gown
.    Am                C        G
 But in she went and I asked no rent
.         Am          G      Am
 From the Star of the County Down


[chorus]
.     C                G
 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
.     Am                  G
 from Galway to Dub-a-lin Town,
.   Am                      C         G
 No maid I've seen like the brown cailín
.       Am         G      Am
 that I met in the County Down
.Am   G   Am   G   Am     G Am
[]


.       Am                      C      G
 At the harvest fair, she'll be surely there
.        Am                 G
 So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
.        Am                         C          G
 With my shoes shone bright, and my hat cocked right
.      Am            G         Am
 For a smile from my nut-brown Rose.
.   C                       G
 No pipe I'll smoke, and no horse I'll yoke
.            Am                 G
 Though with rust my plow turns brown,
.       Am                  C       G
 Till a smiling bride by my own fireside
.          Am          G      Am
 Sits the 'Star of the County Down'


[chorus]
.     C                G
 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
.     Am                  G
 from Galway to Dub-a-lin Town,
.   Am                      C         G
 No maid I've seen like the brown cailín
.       Am         G      Am
 that I met in the County Down
.     C                G
 From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
.     Am                  G
 from Galway to Dub-a-lin Town,
.   Am                      C         G
 No maid I've seen like the brown cailín
.       Am         G      Am
 that I met in the County Down
.Am   G   Am   G   Am     G Am
[]