Lyrics:

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One morning last July
From the wild boreen came a sweet colleen
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
Sure, the coaxin' elf, I'd to shake myself
To be sure I was standing there

And as she onward sped, sure an' I shook my head and
I gazed with a feelin' queer
And said I, says I, to a passer-by
'Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?'
He smiled at me, and with pride said he
'She's the gem of Ireland's crown
Miss Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
She's the star of the County Down'

From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
There's no maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met at the County Down
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
There's no maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met at the County Down

She's a soft brown eye and a look so sly
And a smile like a rose in June
And you'd crave each note from her lily-white throat
As she'd lilt through an Irish tune
At the pattern dance, you'd be held in trance
As she'd kick through a jig or a reel
When her eyes she'd roll, she would lift your soul
And your heart she would quickly steal

Oh, from Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town
There's no maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met at the County Down
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
From Galway to Dublin town, now
There's no maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met at the County Down