1{title: Star of the County Down}
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 3In [Em]Banbridge Town in the [C]County [D]Down
 4One [Em]morning [C]last Ju[D]ly,
 5From a [Em]boreen green came a [G]sweet col[D]leen
 6And she [Em]smiled as she [D]passed me [Em]by.
 7She [G]looked so sweet from her [D]two bare feet
 8To the [Em]sheen of her [C]nut brown [D]hair.
 9Such a [Em]coaxing elf, sure I [G]shook me[D]self
10For to [Em]see I was [D]really [Em]there.
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13From [G]Bantry Bay up to [D]Derry Quay and
14From [Em]Galway to [C]Dublin [D]Town,
15No [Em]maid I've seen like the [G]brown col[D]leen
16That I [Em]met in the [D]County [Em]Down.
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19As she [Em]onward sped, sure I [G]scratched my [D]head,
20And I [Em]looked with a [C]feelin' [D]rare,
21And I [Em]says, says I, to a [G]passer-[D]by,
22"Who's the [Em]maid with the [D]nut brown [Em]hair?"
23He [G]smiled at me and he [D]says, says he,
24"That's the [Em]gem of [C]Ireland's [D]crown.
25Young [Em]Rosie McCann from the [G]banks of the [D]Bann,
26She's the [Em]star of the [D]County [Em]Down."
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29From [G]Bantry Bay up to [D]Derry Quay and
30From [Em]Galway to [C]Dublin [D]Town,
31No [Em]maid I've seen like the [G]brown col[D]leen
32That I [Em]met in the [D]County [Em]Down.
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35At the [Em]Harvest Fair she'll be [G]surely [D]there
36And I'll [Em]dress in my [C]Sunday [D]clothes,
37With my [Em]shoes shone bright and my [G]hat cocked [D]right
38For a [Em]smile from my [D]nut brown [Em]rose.
39No [G]pipe I'll smoke and no [D]horse I'll yoke
40'Till my [Em]plough turns [C]rust coloured [D]brown.
41'Till a [Em]smiling bride by my [G]own fire[D]side
42Sits the [Em]star of the [D]County [Em]Down.
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45From [G]Bantry Bay up to [D]Derry Quay and
46From [Em]Galway to [C]Dublin [D]Town,
47No [Em]maid I've seen like the [G]brown col[D]leen
48That I [Em]met in the [D]County [Em]Down.
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