Il testo della Star of the county down

Close to banbridge town, in the county down
One morning last july
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by;
She looked so neat from her two bare feet,
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair,
Such a coaxing elf, i`d to shake myself,
To make sure i was really there.

From bantry bay up to derry quay,
And from galway to dublin town,
Na maid i`ve seen like the brown collen,
That i met in the country down

As sho onward sped sure i sratched my head
And i said with a feeling rare,
Ay", says i to a passer by,
Who`s the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
He smiled at me, and then says he:
She`s the gem of ireland`s crown,
Young rosie mccann, from the banks of the bann,
She`s the star of the county down".

From bantry bay up to derry quay,
And from galway to dublin town,
Na maid i've seen like the brown collen,
That i met in the county down

At the harvest fair i`ll be surely there
And i dress in my sunday clothes
With my shoes shone bright and my hat upright
And a smile from my nut-brown rose.
No pipe i smoke, no horse i`ll yoke
Let me plough with a rust turn brown
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the county down

From bantry bay up to derry quay,
And from galway to dublin town,
Na maid i`ve seen like the brown colleen,
That i met in the county down

From bantry bay up to derry quay,
And from galway to dublin town,
No maid i`ve seen like the brown colleen,
That i met in the county down