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Star of the County Down

from Cutting Bracken by Fire In The Glen

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lyrics

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One evening last July
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín*
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
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
To make sure I was standing there

Chorus:
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped sure I shook my head
And I gazed with a feeling rare
And I said, says I, to a passerby
"Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
He smiled at me, and he said, says he
"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
She’s the star of the County Down."

She'd a soft brown eye and
A look so sly and a smile
like the rose in June
And you held each note
from her auburn throat
As she lilted lamenting tunes
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
As she skipped through a jig or reel
When her eyes she'd roll,
as she'd lift your soul
And your heart she would likely steal

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
And I'll dress my Sunday clothes
With my hat cocked right
and my shoes shined bright
For a smile from the nut-brown Rose
No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I smoke
'til the rust in my plough turn brown
And a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down

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from Cutting Bracken, released January 16, 2023

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Fire In The Glen York, Pennsylvania

Fire in the Glen, an energetic trio based in York, Berks and Lancaster counties, doesn't hold back at its performances! Featuring Tom Knapp (fiddle, bodhran, vocals), Amanda Wells (vocals, guitar), and Rod Nevin (vocals, bagpipes, whistles)
Fire In The Glen brings Irish, Scottish and Maritimes music, as well as their own brand of "Celtic eclectic" accents, to southcentral Pennsylvania and beyond. ... more

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