Star of the County Down

DAFC DAAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm FCDAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm Dm A# F C Near Banbridge town, in the County Down Dm A# Am One morning last July Dm A# F C From a boreen green came a sweet colleen Dm A# C Dm And she smiled as she passed me by. F C She looked so sweet from her two bare feet Dm Am To the sheen of her nut-brown hair Dm A# F C Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself Dm A# C Dm Just to see I was really there. F C From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay Dm Am And from Galway to Dublin town Dm A# F C No maid I've seen like the fair colleen Dm A# C Dm That I met in the County Down. DAFC DAAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm Dm A# F C As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head Dm A# Am And I looked with a feeling rare Dm A# F C And I says, says I, to a passerby Dm A# C Dm "Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?" F C He smiled at me and he says, says he Dm Am "That??s the gem of Ireland??s crown. Dm A# F C Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann Dm A# C Dm She??s the star of the County Down." F C From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay Dm Am And from Galway to Dublin town Dm A# F C No maid I've seen like the fair colleen Dm A# C Dm That I met in the County Down. DAFC DAAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm FCDAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm Dm A# F C At the Harvest Fair she??ll be surely there Dm A# Am And I??ll dress in my Sunday clothes Dm A# F C With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right Dm A# C Dm For a smile from my nut-brown rose F C No pipe I??ll smoke, no horse I??ll yoke Dm Am Till my plough turns rust coloured brown Dm A# F C Till my smiling bride by my own fireside Dm A# C Dm Sits the star of the County Down F C From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay Dm Am And from Galway to Dublin town Dm A# F C No maid I've seen like the fair colleen Dm A# C Dm That I met in the County Down. DAFC DAAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm FCDAm DAFC DA#-C-Dm ECGD ECBm ECGD EC-D-Em GDEBm ECGD EC-D-Em Em? C? Em? Em?