In Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July
From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Such a winsome elf, sure I shook myself
For to see I was really there
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
From Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I’ve seen like the brown cailín
That I met in the County Down
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
And I looked with a feelin' rare
And I say’s, say’s I, to a passer-by
«Whose the maid with the nut brown hair»?
He smiled at me and he says’s, say’s he
«That's the gem of Ireland’s crown
It’s Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
She’s the star of the County Down»
She’d soft brown eyes with a look so shy
And a smile like a rose in June
And she sang so sweet what a lovely treat
As she lilted an Irish tune
At the Lammas dance I was in the trance
As she whirled with the lads of the town
And it broke my heart just to be apart
From the star of the County Down
At the Harvest Fair she’ll be surely there
And I’ll dress in my Sunday clothes
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose
No pipe I’ll smoke, no horse I’ll yoke
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down
For everyone enjoying this, sorry, I apologise but, Irish nationalism is dead, it has been usurped by fanatical marxism. A once proud Irish nation. Now becoming nothing more than a colony of a new empire,This empire has no monarch to rebel against, but it rules us all the same. We were so close to national sovereignty, but alas, we were usurped, by the globalists. and are slowly becoming a vassal state of a new empire. an EU empire ruled from Brussels. Our leaders would turn in there graves if they knew. It is a shame we will carry forever. We now follow European law, not Irish, we are told we are European, not Irish. Our nation has died.
Just coming back home from a wonderful 3-week school experience in Dublin, and would probably be listening to this till the end of my days. Fell in love with the city and with Ireland in general!
Many thanks for the good time I spent listening to this charming Irish music, it became warmer inside and I understood that a river of goodness flows in us all, thanks and deep reverence!