From cd18067f2df1fcc8966abc302846eb7891e403e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "benoit.darroux@gmail.com" Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:52:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[Beno=C3=AEt]=20il=20em=20semble=20que=20la=20v?= =?UTF-8?q?ersion=20de=20PIerre=20a=20plus=20de=20paroles=20non=3F?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- songs/Traditional/Star_of_The_County_Down.sg | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) 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