[00:03.433]Near Bambridge town in the County Down[00:05.842]One mornin’ last July[00:08.789]Down the boreen green came a sweet colleen[00:11.379]And she smiled as she passed me by.[00:14.118]Oh, she looked so sweet from her two bare feet[00:16.753]To the sheen of her nut brown hair[00:19.691]Such a winsome elf that I pinched myself[00:22.359]For to see I was standing there.[00:25.017]From the Bantry Bay, to the Derry Quay[00:27.727]And from Galway to Dublin town[00:30.545]No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen[00:33.250]That I met at the County Down.[00:38.896]As she onward sped, while I scratched my head[00:41.634]And I looked with a feelin’ rare[00:44.231]And I says, says I to a passerby[00:46.908]‘Who’s that maid with nut brown hair?’[00:49.827]He smiled at me and and he says, says he[00:52.385]‘She’s the gem of Ireland’s crown[00:55.415]She’s young Rose McCann from the banks of the Bann[00:58.010]She’s the star of the County Down.’[01:00.616]From the Bantry Bay, to the Derry Quay[01:03.430]And from Galway to Dublin town[01:06.209]No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen[01:08.817]That I met at the County Down.[01:14.294]Well I’ve travelled a bit, but never been hit[01:16.818]Since my roving career began;[01:19.682]Never fair and square, but I surrendered there[01:22.525]To the charms of young Rose McCann.[01:25.137]With a heart to let, no tenant yet[01:27.786]Did I meet when the travel began,[01:30.649]But in she went and I asked no rent[01:33.350]From the Star of the County Down.[01:36.012]From the Bantry Bay, to the Derry Quay[01:38.844]And from Galway to Dublin town[01:41.437]No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen[01:44.263]That I met at the County Down.