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.