Near Bainbridge town in the County Down One morning in last July Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen And she smiled as she passed me by From Banrty Bay up to Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the brown colleen That I met in the County Down She looked so sweet from her bare two feet To the sheen of her nut brown hair A coaxing elf and I shook myself For to she she was really there From Banrty Bay up to Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the brown colleen That I met in the County Down The onward sped and I truned my head And I looked with a feeling rare I said says I to a passer by "Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?" He smiled at me and he said, said he "She's the gem of Ireland's crown. Rosie McCann From the banks of the Bann She's the Star of the County Down!" From Banrty Bay up to Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the brown colleen That I met in the County Down The harvest fair she'll be surely there So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right And a smile for my nut brown rose No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke Till my plow is a rust colored brown And a smiling bride by my own fireside Sits the Star of the County Down From Banrty Bay up to Derry Quay From Galway to Dublin Town No maid I've seen like the brown colleen That I met in the County Down