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Near Banbridge town, in the County Down |
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One morning last July |
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Down a bóithrín green came a sweet colleen |
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And she smiled as she passed me by. |
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Oh she looked so sweet from her two bare feet |
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To the sheen of her nut brown hair. |
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Such a coaxing elf, that I pinched myself |
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For to see I was standing there. |
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And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay |
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And from Galway to Dublin town |
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No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen |
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That I met in the county down. |
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As she onward sped, well I scratched my head, |
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And I looked with a feelin' rare, |
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And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by, |
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"Who's that maid with the nut-brown hair?" |
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Oh he smiled at me and he said, say's he, |
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"She's the gem of Ireland's crown. |
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Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, |
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She's the star of the county down." |
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And from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay |
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And from Galway to Dublin town, |
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No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen |
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That I met in the county down. |
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Well I've travelled a bit, but I've never been hit |
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Since my roving career began |
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But fair and square I surrendered there |
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To the charms of young Rose McCann. |
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With a heart to let and no tenant yet |
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Did I meet with in shawl or gown |
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But in she went and I asked no rent |
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From the star of the County Down. |
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From the Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay |
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And from Galway to Dublin town |
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No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen |
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That I met in the county down. |
