[ti:Star of The County Down] [ar:Sheoda] [al:Celtic Woman 3 - The Irish 爱尔兰之梦] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Star of The County Down - Sheoda [00:01.80]Lyrics by:Trad.brett [00:02.81]Composed by:Trad.brett [00:18.76]Near to Banbridge town in the County Down [00:23.54]On a morning in July [00:28.29]Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen [00:33.14]And she smiled as she passed me by [00:37.90]She looked so neat from her two white feet [00:42.77]To the sheen of her nut-brown hair [00:47.49]Such a coaxin' elf I'd to shake myself [00:52.32]To make sure I was standing there [00:57.13]As she onward sped sure I shook my head [01:01.99]And I gazed with a feelin' quare [01:06.86]And I said said I to a passer by [01:11.71]Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair [01:16.37]Oh he smiled at me and with pride says he [01:21.39]That's the gem of Ireland's crown [01:25.32]She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann [01:30.87]She's the star of the County Down [01:35.51]From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay [01:40.41]And from Galway to Dublin town [01:44.68]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [01:50.20]That I met in the County Down [01:54.91]At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there [01:59.57]So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes [02:04.36]With my hat tucked right and my shoes shined bright [02:09.71]And all from my nut-brown Rose [02:14.00]No pipe I'll smoke no horse I'll yoke [02:18.86]Tho' my plough with rust turns brown [02:23.59]Till a smiling bride by my own fireside [02:28.48]Sits the star of the County Down [02:33.16]From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay [02:38.08]And from Galway to Dublin town [02:42.73]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [02:47.52]That I met in the County Down [02:52.35]From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay [02:57.39]From Galway to Dublin town [03:01.37]No maid I've seen like the brown colleen [03:06.94]That I met in the County Down