Biography:
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. She is self-managed, self-produced and head of her own record label - Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning three decades, McKennitt's “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents.
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Other songs:
- La Serenissima
- All Souls Night
- Annachie Gordon
- As I Roved Out
- Banks Of Claudy
- Beneath A Phrygian Sky
- Bonny Portmore
- Caravanserai
- Carrickfergus
- Come By The Hills
- Courtyard Lullaby
- Coventry Carol
- Cymbeline
- Dantes Prayer
- Dickens Dublin
- Down By The Sally Gardens
- Emmanuel
- Full Circle
- Greensleeves
- In Praise Of Christmas
- Kellswater
- Let Us The Infant Greet
- Marrakesh Night Market
- Moon Cradle
- My Heart Is Refusing Me
- Never
- Noel Nouvelet
- On A Bright May Morning
- Penelopes Song
- Prosperos Speech
- Raglan Road
- Samain Night
- Seeds Of Love
- Skellig
- Snow
- Standing Stones
- Stolen Child
- Tango To Evora
- The Bonny Swans
- The Dark Night Of The Soul
- The Death Of Queen Jane
- The English Ladye And The Knight
- The Highwayman
- The King
- The Lady Of Shalott
- The Mummers Dance
- The Mystics Dream
- The Old Ways
- The Seasons
- The Seven Rejoices Of Mary
- The Star Of The County Down
- The Two Trees
- Wassailing Song
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[Intro]
Em C G D C Bm Em C G D Em
G D C Bm C G D Em D Em
[Verse]
C G D
Banbridge Town in the County Down
C Bm
One morning of last July
Em C G D
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
C Em
And she smiled as she passed me by
[Verse]
G D
She looked so sweet, from her two bare feet
C Bm
To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em C G C
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
Em D Em
For to see I was really there
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Instrumental]
Em C G D Em D Em
[Verse]
C G D
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
C Bm
And I looked with a feelin' rare
Em C G D
And I says, says I, to a passer-by
C D Em
"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?
[Verse]
G D
He smiled at me and he says, says he
C Bm
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
Em C G C
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
Em D Em
She's the star of the County Down"
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Bm
Em C G D C Em D Em
G D C Bm
Em C G D C D Em
[Verse]
C G D
The Harvest Fair, she'll be surely there
C Bm
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Em C G D
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right
C D Em
For a smile from my nut brown rose
[Verse]
G D
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
C Bm
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown
Em C G D
Till my smiling bride, by my own fireside
Em D Em
Sits the star of the County Down
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Outro]
Em C G D C Bm Em C G D Em C Em
Em C G D C Bm Em C G D Em
G D C Bm C G D Em D Em
[Verse]
C G D
Banbridge Town in the County Down
C Bm
One morning of last July
Em C G D
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
C Em
And she smiled as she passed me by
[Verse]
G D
She looked so sweet, from her two bare feet
C Bm
To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em C G C
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
Em D Em
For to see I was really there
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Instrumental]
Em C G D Em D Em
[Verse]
C G D
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
C Bm
And I looked with a feelin' rare
Em C G D
And I says, says I, to a passer-by
C D Em
"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?
[Verse]
G D
He smiled at me and he says, says he
C Bm
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown
Em C G C
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
Em D Em
She's the star of the County Down"
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Bm
Em C G D C Em D Em
G D C Bm
Em C G D C D Em
[Verse]
C G D
The Harvest Fair, she'll be surely there
C Bm
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Em C G D
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right
C D Em
For a smile from my nut brown rose
[Verse]
G D
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
C Bm
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown
Em C G D
Till my smiling bride, by my own fireside
Em D Em
Sits the star of the County Down
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Chorus]
G D
From Bantry Bay into Derry Quay
C Bm
From Galway to Dublin Town
Em C G D
No maid I've seen, like the fair colleen
C D Em
That I met in the County Down
[Outro]
Em C G D C Bm Em C G D Em C Em
Loretta Lynn
Lori Meyers
Lorie
Los Dragones
Los 3 Caballeros
Los Blenders
Los Bonnitos
Los Bravos
Los Brujos
Los Bunkers