The Pogues - Star of the County Down: Guitar Chords

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Near to Banbridge Town, in the County Down
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One morning in July,
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Down a boreen 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 neat from her two white feet
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To the sheen of her nut-brown hair,
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Sure the coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
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To make sure I was standing there

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Oh, 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 brown colleen
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That I met in the County Down.

As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
And I looked with a feelin' rare
And I says, says I, to a passer-by
"Whose the maid with the nut brown hair?"

He smiled at me and he says's, says's he
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of a Bann
She's the star of the County Down"

Chorus

At the Harvest Fair, she'll be surely there
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Get my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right
For a smile from my nut-brown rose

No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
'Til my plough turns rust colored brown
'Til a smiling bride, by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down

Chorus - x2