The Star Of The County Down - Molly Malones

Near Banbridge Town in the County Down

One morning last July

And a boreen green came a sweet colleen

She smiled as she passed me by

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet

To the sheen of her nut brown hair

Such a coaxing elf sure I shook myself

To be sure I was really there

From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay

From Galway to Dublin Town

No maid I've seen like the fair colleen

That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped sure I scratched my head

And I gazed with a feeling rare

And I said says I to a passerby

"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair "

He smiled at me and with pride says he

"That's the gem of Ireland's crown

Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann

She's the star of the County Down "

From Bantry Bay to Derry Quay

Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there

And I'll dress my Sunday clothes

With my shoes shon bright and my hat cocked right

For a smile from the nut-brown Rose

No or pipe I smoke horse I'll yoke

'Til the rust in my plough turn brown

And a smiling bride by my own fireside

Sits the star of the County Down

From Bantry Bay to Derry Quay

Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay Derry Quay

Galway to Dublin town

No maid I've seen like the fair cailín

That I met in the County Down