[00:05.92]Near banbridge town in the county down[00:08.41]One morning last july,[00:11.00]From a boreen green came a sweet colleen[00:13.88]And she smiled as she passed me by.[00:16.28]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet[00:19.10]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.[00:21.40]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself[00:23.66]For to see I was really there.[00:26.44][00:26.80]From bantry bay up to derry quay and[00:29.58]From galway to dublin town,[00:31.82]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[00:34.59]That I met in the county down.[00:58.13]As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,[01:00.92]And I looked with a feelin' rare,[01:03.37]And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,[01:05.95]"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “[01:08.44]He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,[01:11.17]"that's the gem of ireland's crown. “[01:13.74]It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,[01:16.33]She's the star of the county down".[01:18.37][01:18.76]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[01:21.82]From galway to dublin town,[01:24.16]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[01:26.83]That I met in the county down.[01:39.97]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there[01:42.57]And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,[01:45.00]With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked[01:47.61]Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.[01:50.30]No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke[01:52.52]Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.[01:55.40]Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside[01:58.19]Sits the star of the county down.[02:00.58]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:03.49]From galway to dublin town,[02:05.90]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:08.59]That I met in the county down.[02:32.62]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:35.03]From galway to dublin town,[02:37.38]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:40.07]That I met in the county down.[02:43.21]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:45.39]From galway to dublin town,[02:47.69]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:50.57]That I met in the county down.[03:21.46]