Star Of County Down-The High Kings

[00:00.52]Star Of County Down - The High Kings [00:39.827]Near Banbridge town in the county down [00:41.582]One evening last July [00:42.733]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín [00:45.07]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:46.542]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [00:48.500]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [00:50.408]Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself [00:52.08]To make sure I was standing there [00:53.698]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [00:55.609]From Galway to Dublin town [00:57.121]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [00:59.306]That I met in the county down [01:00.792]As she onward sped I shook my head [01:02.929]And I gazed with a feeling queer [01:04.640]And I said says I to a passerby [01:06.584]Who's your one with the nut brown hair [01:08.291]He smiled at me and with pride says he [01:10.193]She's the gem of old Ireland's crown [01:11.544]Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann [01:13.757]And the star of the county down [01:15.389]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [01:17.541]From Galway to Dublin town [01:18.949]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:21.37]That I met in the county down [01:22.821]She'd a soft brown eye and [01:24.77]A look so sly and a smile like the rose in june [01:26.557]And you held each note from her auburn throat [01:28.405]As she lilted lamenting tunes [01:30.208]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance [01:31.984]As she skipped through a jig or reel [01:34.813]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul [01:36.733]And your heart she would likely steal [01:38.406]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [01:40.503]From Galway to Dublin town [01:42.159]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [01:44.49]That I met in the county down [01:45.839]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there [01:47.698]And I'll dress my Sunday clothes [01:49.497]With my hat cocked right [01:50.505]And my shoes shon bright [01:51.521]For a smile from the nut brown rose [01:53.265]No horse I'll yoke or pipe I smoke [01:55.295]'Til the rust in my plough turn brown [01:56.822]And a smiling bride by my own fireside [01:58.815]Sits the star of the county down [02:00.774]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [02:03.00]From Galway to Dublin town [02:04.481]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [02:06.841]That I met in the county down [02:17.145]She'd a soft brown eye and [02:19.198]A look so sly and a smile like the rose in june [02:21.729]And you held each note from her auburn throat [02:24.334]As she lilted lamenting tunes [02:25.933]At the pattern dance you'd be in trance [02:27.867]As she skipped through a jig or reel [02:30.478]When her eyes she'd roll as she'd lift soul [02:32.544]And your heart she would likely steal [02:49.452]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [02:51.236]From Galway to Dublin town [02:52.744]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [02:55.24]That I met in the county down [02:56.552]Near Banbridge town in the county down [02:58.488]One evening last July [03:00.150]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín [03:02.255]And she smiled as she passed me by [03:04.95]She looked so neat in her two bare feet [03:06.23]To the sheen of her nut brown hair [03:07.903]Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself [03:09.960]To make sure I was standing there [03:11.815]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [03:13.855]From Galway to Dublin town [03:15.512]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [03:17.478]That I met in the county down [03:19.274]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [03:21.138]From Galway to Dublin town [03:22.890]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [03:25.17]That I met in the county down [03:26.676]From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay [03:28.731]From Galway to Dublin town [03:30.346]No maid I've seen like the fair cailín [03:32.969]That I met in the county down