[00:22.26]Near banbridge town in the county down[00:25.16]One morning last July,[00:27.67]From a boreen green came a sweet colleen[00:30.54]And she smiled as she passed me by.[00:33.13]She looked so sweet from her two bare feet[00:36.12]To the sheen of her nut brown hair.[00:38.52]Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself[00:40.86]For to see I was really there.[00:43.39][00:43.91]From bantry bay up to derry quay and[00:46.71]From galway to dublin town,[00:49.20]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[00:51.64]That I met in the county down.[01:05.19]As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,[01:09.37]And I looked with a feelin' rare,[01:11.60]And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,[01:13.72]"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “[01:16.49]He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,[01:19.12]"that's the gem of ireland's crown. “[01:21.98]It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,[01:27.44]She's the star of the county down".[01:29.11][01:29.85]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[01:32.85]From galway to dublin town,[01:35.54]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[01:38.16]That I met in the county down.[01:53.30]At the harvest fair she'll be surely there[01:56.65]And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,[01:59.28]With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked[02:02.05]Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.[02:04.43]No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke[02:06.25]Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.[02:09.49]Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside[02:12.46]Sits the star of the county down.[02:14.86]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:17.94]From galway to dublin town,[02:20.34]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:22.95]That I met in the county down.[02:25.61]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:28.32]From galway to dublin town,[02:30.85]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:33.55]That I met in the county down.[02:36.52]From bantry bay up to derry ouay and[02:38.83]From galway to dublin town,[02:41.32]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen[02:42.46]That I met in the county down.[02:42.46]