歌词以叙事的手法表现了一个青年男子在小镇上看上了一个迷人的姑娘并爱上了她的过程。路人说，这个姑娘是爱尔兰王冠上炫目的珠宝，
而歌名Star of county down就是指这位美丽的乡下姑娘。


歌名： the star of the county down



歌 词：

Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One morning in July
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by.
She looked so sweet from her two white feet
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing 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 I shook my head
And I gazed with a feeling rare
And I said, says I, to a passerby
"who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
He smiled at me, and with pride says he,
"That's the gem of Ireland's crown.
She's young 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.

I've travelled a bit, but never was hit
Since my roving career began
But fair and square I surrendered there
To the charms of young Rose McCann.
I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet
Did I meet with in shawl or gown
But in she went and I asked no rent
From 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 crossroads fair I'll be surely there
And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
And I'll try sheep's eyes, and deludhering lies
On the heart of the nut-brown rose.
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Though with rust my plow turns brown
Till 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.


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听了非常多遍了。的确是精品得好歌啊。只是最后 得音乐感觉不太完美啦。

非常好听的一首歌我的最爱，一定要欣赏一下不然会后悔的

老听英文歌，就是不知道他们唱什么，难道自己是文盲

爱尔兰风情的风笛很悠扬，旋律很美，谢谢分享

不错不错,声音别具一格,很有魅力,楼主的介绍也让人神往

感觉很像乡村小曲,不知道是不是？旋律也很棒

仔细听了，有一种非常和谐的田园风味，很温馨

在半夜12点听到如此好爽的曲子，太喜欢了，谢谢!

非常美好的一首歌曲，一个人听来很是舒服和清醒