diff --git a/songs/Traditional/Star_of_The_County_Down.sg b/songs/Traditional/Star_of_The_County_Down.sg index 4295fd4..20ab3c3 100644 --- a/songs/Traditional/Star_of_The_County_Down.sg +++ b/songs/Traditional/Star_of_The_County_Down.sg @@ -2,5 +2,44 @@ \songcolumns{2} \beginsong{Star of The County Down}[by=Traditional] +\beginverse +In Banbridge Town in the County Down +One morning last July, +From a boreen green came a sweet colleen +And she smiled as she passed 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. +\endverse + +\beginchorus +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. +\endchorus + +\beginverse +As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, +And I looked with a feelin' rare, +And I says, says I, to a passer-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." +\endverse + +\benginverse +At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there +And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, +With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right +For a smile from my nut brown rose. +No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke +Till my plough turns rust coloured brown. +Till a smiling bride by my own fireside +Sits the star of the County Down. +\endverse \endsong \ No newline at end of file