[Intro]
Em G D
Em C D
Em G D
Em D Em
G D
Em C D
Em G D
Em D Em
[Strophe]
   Em                    G      D 
In Banbridge Town in the County Down 
    Em      C    D 
One morning last July, 
       Em                  G     D 
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen 
        Em            D          Em 
And she smiled as she passed me by. 
    G                        D 
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet 
       Em           C         D 
To the sheen of her nut brown hair. 
       Em                  G        D 
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook my self 
       Em        D      Em 
For to see I was really there.
[Refrain]
     G                D 
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and 
     Em        C      D 
From Galway to Dublin Town, 
   Em                      G         D 
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen 
       Em         D      Em 
That I met in the County Down. 
Em
[Strophe]
       Em                  G            D 
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, 
      Em            C       D 
And I looked with a feelin' rare, 
      Em                 G      D 
And I says, says I, to a passer-by, 
           Em            D         Em 
"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?" 
   G                   D 
He smiled at me and he says, says he, 
            Em     C         D 
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown. 
      Em                    G            D 
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, 
          Em          D      Em 
She's the star of the County Down."
[Refrain]
     G                D 
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and 
     Em        C      D 
From Galway to Dublin Town, 
   Em                      G         D 
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen 
       Em         D      Em 
That I met in the County Down
[Pont]
Em G D
Em C D
Em G D
Em D Em
[Strophe]
       Em                  G         D 
At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there 
         Em          C      D 
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, 
        Em                        G          D 
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right 
      Em            D         Em 
For a smile from my nut brown rose. 
   G                   D 
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke 
        Em           C             D 
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown. 
       Em                  G        D 
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside 
         Em          D      Em 
Sits the star of the County Down.
[Refrain]
     G                D 
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and 
     Em        C      D 
From Galway to Dublin Town, 
   Em                      G         D 
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen 
       Em         D      Em 
That I met in the County Down