Near To Banbridge Town

Intro: Em D Em [Verso 1] Em D G D Em D Near to Banbridge town in the county down one morning in July Em D G D Em D Em down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by. G D Em D Oh she looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nutbrown hair, Em D G D Em D Em sure the coaxing elf I'd to shake myself to make sure I was standing there. [Refrão] G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. [Verso 2] Em D G D Em D As she onward sped I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare, Em D G D Em D Em and I said, yes I, to a passer by: "Who's the maid with the nutbrown hair?" G D Em D Oh he smiled at me and with proud he says he: "That's the gem of Ireland's crown. Em D G D Em D Em She's young Rose Mc Cann from the Banks of the Benn, she's the star of the county down." [Refrão] G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. [Verso 3] Em D G D Em D At the cross roads fair I'll be surely there and I'll dress in my sunday clothes. Em D G D Em D Em And I'll try sheep's eyes and deludering lies on the heart of the nutbrown rose. G D Em D No pipe I'll smoke and no horse I'll yoke though my plough in the rust turns brown. Em G D Em D Em 'till a smiling bride by my own fireside sits the star of the county down. [Refrão] G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down. Outro G D Em D Oh from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quai and from Galway to Dublin town Em D G D Em D Em D D D Em no maid I've seen like this brown colleen that I met in the county down.