The Star of the County Down [Ireland] (arr. Ben Parry)

Song The Star of the County Down [Ireland] (arr. Ben Parry)
Artist The Swingle Singers
Album Around the World - A Folk Song Collection

Lyrics

[00:08.32] Near banbridge town in the county down
[00:10.39] One morning last july,
[00:12.68] Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
[00:15.74] And she smiled as she passed me by.
[00:17.98] She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[00:21.36] To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[00:23.41] Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[00:26.34] For to see I was really there.
[00:28.57] From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:31.74] From galway to dublin town,
[00:34.01] No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[00:37.09] That I met in the county down.
[00:43.94] As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
[00:46.66] And I looked with a feelin' rare,
[00:48.70] And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
[00:51.83] "whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “
[00:54.10] He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
[00:57.14] "that's the gem of ireland's crown. “
[00:59.61] She's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
[01:02.57] She's the star of the county down".
[01:05.05] From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[01:07.90] From galway to dublin town,
[01:10.24] No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[01:13.11] That I met in the county down.
[01:15.94] ...
[01:21.02] At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
[01:25.07] And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,
[01:29.73] Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
[01:39.89] No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
[01:45.35] Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
[01:49.68] Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
[01:55.27] Sits the star of the county down.
[01:59.21] ...
[02:14.99] From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[02:17.40] From galway to dublin town,
[02:19.14] No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
[02:22.35] That I met in the county down.

Pinyin

[00:08.32] Near banbridge town in the county down
[00:10.39] One morning last july,
[00:12.68] Down a bó ithrí n green came a sweet cailí n
[00:15.74] And she smiled as she passed me by.
[00:17.98] She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
[00:21.36] To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
[00:23.41] Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
[00:26.34] For to see I was really there.
[00:28.57] From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[00:31.74] From galway to dublin town,
[00:34.01] No maid I' ve seen like the brown colleen
[00:37.09] That I met in the county down.
[00:43.94] As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
[00:46.66] And I looked with a feelin' rare,
[00:48.70] And I say' s, say' s i, to a passerby,
[00:51.83] " whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? "
[00:54.10] He smiled at me and he says' s, say' s he,
[00:57.14] " that' s the gem of ireland' s crown. "
[00:59.61] She' s rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
[01:02.57] She' s the star of the county down".
[01:05.05] From bantry bay up to derry quay and
[01:07.90] From galway to dublin town,
[01:10.24] No maid I' ve seen like the brown colleen
[01:13.11] That I met in the county down.
[01:15.94] ...
[01:21.02] At the harvest fair she' ll be surely there
[01:25.07] And I' ll dress in my sunday clothes,
[01:29.73] Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
[01:39.89] No pipe I' ll smoke, no horse I' ll yoke
[01:45.35] Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
[01:49.68] Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
[01:55.27] Sits the star of the county down.
[01:59.21] ...
[02:14.99] From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
[02:17.40] From galway to dublin town,
[02:19.14] No maid I' ve seen like the brown colleen
[02:22.35] That I met in the county down.