Star of the County Down

Irish tune "My Love Nell"

Words byCathal MacGarvey

Em

Near

Ban-bridge town

Piano

on- ward

har-vest fair,

Em

she'll be

Down a

bor - een

rare,

And I

said, says

Em

by.

there,

so I'll

morn - ing last

dress in my Sun-day

to a

Em

sweet col-leen, and she smiled as she passed me

pass- er-by, "Who's the maid with the nut-brown

hat cocked right, for a smile from my nut-brown

Em

from her

two

hair?" He

smiled at

me,

and with

pride says he, "That's the gem of

I'll

smoke,

sweet

pipe

looked so

No

Ju -

looked with a feel - ing

She

rose.

I,

sure - ly

green came a

one

scratched my head, and I

clothes, With my shoes shone bright and my

Em

Coun-ty Down

ly,

sped, sure I

in the

no

bare feet

to the sheen of her nut-brown

Ire - land's

horse I'll yoke, though my plow turn a rust-colored

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Star of the County Down

Em

crown,

Young

Ros-ie Mc-Cann, from the Banks of the Bann, she's the star of the Coun-ty

brown.

Till a

smil- ing bride by my own fire-side sits the

Em

there.
Down.

Em

No

Bay

Down.

shook my - self just to see she was real - ly

to

star of the Coun-ty

Em

Der - ry Quay, and from Gal - way to Dub-lin

Em

maid I've seen like the brown col - leen that I

Em

Down.

town.

Chorus:
From Ban - try

coax-ing

sure I

Em

Such a

elf,

hair.

As

she

At

the

1, 2

Em

met in the Coun - ty

Down.

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