[00:02.50]Near Banbridge town, in the County Down[00:05.52]One morning last July[00:08.29]Down a bóithrín green came a sweet colleen[00:10.52]And she smiled as she passed me by.[00:13.72]Oh she looked so sweet from her two bare feet[00:15.90]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.[00:19.10]Such a winsome elf, that I pinched myself[00:21.52]For to see I was standing there.[00:24.58]And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay[00:27.22]And from Galway to Dublin town[00:30.15]No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen[00:32.74]That I met in the county down.[00:38.28]As she onward sped, well I scratched my head,[00:40.99]And I looked with a feelin' rare,[00:43.76]And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,[00:46.38]"Who's that maid with the nut-brown hair?"[00:49.10]Oh he smiled at me and he said, say's he,[00:51.58]"She's the gem of Ireland's crown.[00:54.65]Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,[00:57.34]She's the star of the county down."[01:00.00]And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay[01:02.52]And from Galway to Dublin town,[01:05.16]No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen[01:08.17]That I met in the county down.[01:13.65]Well I've travelled a bit, but I've never been hit[01:16.00]Since my roving career began[01:19.08]But fair and square I surrendered there[01:21.76]To the charms of young Rose McCann.[01:24.42]With a heart to let and no tenant yet[01:27.22]Did I meet in a raw began[01:30.00]But in she went and I asked no rent[01:32.66]From the star of the County Down.[01:35.34]From the Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay[01:38.23]And from Galway to Dublin town[01:40.94]No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen[01:43.64]That I met in the county down.