Uncle J Even you can play this Enjoy, -T Star of the County Down Em (022000@1) GD Em (022000@1) DNear (xx0232@1)Bainbridge town in the county down one morning last July Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) EmDown (022000@1)the wild boreen came a sweet Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DShe (xx0232@1)looked so sweet from her two bare-feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair. Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) EmSure (022000@1)a coaxing elf I'd to shake me-self to make sure I was standing there. Chorus: G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DFrom (xx0232@1)Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay from Galway to Dublin Town. Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) EmNo (022000@1)Maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen that I met in the county down. Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) DAs (xx0232@1)she onward sped sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) EmAnd (022000@1)I said, says I, to a passer-by: whose the maid with the nut brown hair? G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DOh (xx0232@1)he smiled at me and with pride says he; that's the gem of Ireland's crown. Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) CShe's (x32010@1)young Rosie McGann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the county EmDown. (022000@1) Chorus: Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)DShe'd (xx0232@1)a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like a rose in June Em (022000@1) GD Em (022000@1)CEm And you craved each note from her lily-white throat as she lifted an Irish tune G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Em (022000@1) DAt (xx0232@1)the pattern dance you'd be held in trance as she tripped through a jig or a reel Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)EmC EmWhen (022000@1)her eyes she'd roll she would lift your soul and your heart she would quickly steal Chorus: Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)DEm DNow (xx0232@1)I've roamed a bit was never hit since my traveling days began Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)DEm CEm But fair and square I surrendered there to the charms of young Rosie McCann G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Em (022000@1) DWith (xx0232@1)my heart to let sure no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or a gown Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)DEm C (x32010@1)EmBut (022000@1)in she went and I asked no rent from the star of the County Down. Chorus: