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