Star Of The County Down chords by Fiddlers Green

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

The star of the County Down by Fiddlers Green


Verse 1:

     Em    C      G   D
Close to Banbridge town, in the County Down,
  Em       D
one morning last July,
    Em    C      G    D
down a boreen green came a sweet colleen,
    Em       C   D Em
and she smiled as she passed me by.

Verse 2:
   G            D
She looked so neat from her two bare feet,
    Em           D
to the sheen of her nut brown hair.
    Em   C      G    D
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself,
    Em     C  D Em
to make sure I was really there.

Chorus:
   G        D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     Em        D
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  Em     C      G     D
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    Em     C  D Em
that I met in the County Down

Verse 3:
    Em   C       G      D
As she onward sped I sure I scratched my head,
   Em         D
and I said with a feeling rare.
 Em      C   G   D
'A-y-e,' says I to a passer-by,
      Em      C  D   Em
'Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?'

Verse 4:
  G        D
He smiled at me, and then says he,
      Em        D
'She’s the gem of Ireland's crown,
   Em   C       G      D
young Rosie McCann, from the banks of the Bann,
     Em     C  D Em
she's the Star of the County Down.'

Chorus:
   G        D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     Em        D
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  Em     C      G     D
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    Em     C  D Em
that I met in the County Down

Verse 5:
    Em   C      G    D
At the harvest fair I'll be surely there,
     Em         D
and I'll dress in my Sunday clothes.
    Em     C       G   D
With my shoes shone bright and my head upright,
   Em      C  D   Em
and a smile from my nut-brown Rose.

Verse 5:
  G        D
No pipe I smoke, no horse I yoke,
    Em          D
let my plough with rust turn brown,
    Em   C      G    D
till a smiling bride by my own fireside,
     Em     C  D Em
sits the star of the County Down.

Chorus:
   G        D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     Em        D
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  Em     C      G     D
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    Em     C  D Em
that I met in the County Down

Chorus:
   G        D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     Em        D
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  Em     C      G     D
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    Em     C  D Em
that I met in the County Down