To the sheen of her nut brown hair
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair?"
Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBL. MGB LTD.
Sits the star of the County Down
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay and
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
She's the star of the County Down"
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
And I says, says I, to a passer-by
A boreen green came a sweet colleen
My shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
Songwriters: Jem Finer, Shane Macgowan, Andrew Ranken
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of a Bann
At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there
Near Banbridge Town in the County Down
From Galway to Dublin Town
And she smiled as she passed me by
From Galway to Dublin Town
Till my plough turns rust colored brown
And I looked with a feelin' rare
That I met in the County Down
For to see I was really there
That I met in the County Down
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
That I met in the County Down
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
That I met in the County Down
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay and
One morning last July
He smiled at me and he says's, says's he
I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay and
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
From Galway to Dublin Town
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay and
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself