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Star of the County Down / Cooney's Reel

from Rear View Mirror by North Shore Celtic Ensemble

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Reel usually known as "Cooley's Reel"

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In Banbridge town in the County Down
One morning last July
From a boreen green came a sweet Colleen
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
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 sweet Colleen
That I met in the County Down

As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head
And I looked with a feeling rare
And I said says I, to a passer-by
Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair

He smiled at me and he said says 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

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
That I met in 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
'Til my plough turns rust-coloured brown
'Til a smiling bride by my own fireside
Sits the star of the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
That I met in the County Down

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen
She's the star of the County Down

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from Rear View Mirror, released November 30, 2016
Composition: trad.
Arrangement: Claude Giguère, Jay Knutson
Performance: North Shore Celtic Ensemble c. 2001-2004
Guests:
*John Mann (vocal)

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The North Shore Celtic Ensemble has a dual mandate: To inspire youth to do more and go further with music, and to use music to build and strengthen community connections. We are a non-profit society and registered charity.

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