Near To Banbridge Town chords by Traditional

Intro: Em D Em


Verse 1:
        Em             D      G      D        Em           D
Near to Banbridge town in the county down one morning in July
       Em           D      G        D            Em                   D  Em
down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
       G                       D                     Em                    D
Oh she looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nutbrown hair,
         Em          D      G       D            Em             D    Em
sure the coaxing elf I'd to shake myself to make sure I was standing there.



        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.
        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.

Verse 2:
       Em          D G        D          Em                   D
As she onward sped I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare,
      Em           D    G      D             Em                D     Em
and I said, yes I, to a passer by: "Who's the maid with the nutbrown hair?"
      G                     D                             Em               D
Oh he smiled at me and with proud he says he: "That's the gem of Ireland's crown.
            Em           D        G            D               Em              D  Em
She's young Rose Mc Cann from the Banks of the Benn, she's the star of the county down."



        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.
        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.


Verse 3:
       Em               D       G      D              Em                 D
At the cross roads fair I'll be surely there and I'll dress in my sunday clothes.
         Em               D     G        D           Em              D     Em
And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludering lies on the heart of the nutbrown rose.
   G                      D                         Em                       D
No pipe I'll smoke and no horse I'll yoke though my plough in the rust turns brown.
        Em                  G       D             Em              D  Em
'till a smiling bride by my own fireside sits the star of the county down.


        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.
        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.


Outro
        G                D                   Em               D
Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town
   Em             D         G        D           Em             D  Em     D D D Em
no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.