Near Banbridge town in the County Down
One evening last July
Down a boithrin green came a sweet cailin
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
Such a coaxing elf I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailin
That I met in the County Down
As she onward sped I shook my head
And I gazed with a feeling queer
And I said says I to a passerby
He smiled at me and with pride says he
She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
And the star of the County Down
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailin
That I met in the County Down
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
and I'll dress my Sunday clothes
With my hat cocked right and my shoes shon bright
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
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailin
That I met in the County Down
