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Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
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One morning last July
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Down the bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
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And she smiled as she passed me by.
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Oh she looked so sweet from her two bare feet
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To the sheen of her nut brown hair
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Such a whimsome elf, that I pinched myself
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For to see I was standing there.
[Chorus]
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From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin town
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No maid I've seen like the sweet cailín
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That I met in the County Down.
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As she onward sped while I scratched my head
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And I looked with a feeling rare
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And I said, says I, to a passer-by
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"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
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Well, he smiled at me, and he said, says he,
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"She's the gem of Ireland's crown.
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Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
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She's the star of the County Down."
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From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin town
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No maid I've seen like the sweet cailín
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That I met in the County Down.
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Well, I've travelled a bit, but I never been hit
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Since my roving career began
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Got me fair and square, I surrendered there
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To the charm of Rosie McCann.
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With a heart to let and no tenant yet
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Did I meet and a row began
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But in she went and I asked no rent
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From the star of the County Down.
[Chorus]
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From the Bantry Bay to the Derry Quay
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And from Galway to Dublin town
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No maid I've seen like the sweet cailín
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That I met in the County Down.