Near Banbridge town in the county Down
One morning last July
From the wild boreen, came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by.

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Sure the coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
To be sure I was standing there

As she onward sped, sure I shook ey head
And I gazed with a feeling quare
And I says, says I, to a passer-by
Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair

He smiled at me and with pride, says he,
that's the gem of Ireland's crown,
Miss Rosie McCann
From the banks of the Bann,
she's the Star of the County Down.

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the Sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down
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And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down

She's a soft brown eye and a look so sly
And a smile like a rose in June
And you cream on each note
from her lilly-white throat
As she lilted an Irish tune

At the pattern dance you were held in a trance
As she kicked through a jig or reel
And when her eyes she'd roll,
She would lick your soul
A heart she would quickly steal

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
That I met in the County Down
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
That I met in the County Down