I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Star of the County Down
Traditional Irish
Rise Up Singing chapter: Ballads and Old Songs, p.14
Accords:
Em - C D / Em - D - / Em - C D / Em Am Em - G - D - / Em - D - / Em - C D / Em Am Em -
Chorus:
G - D - / Em - D - / Em - C D / Em Am Em -
Near Bambridge town in the County Down
One morning last July
Down the boreen came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the crown of her nut-brown hair
Such a winsome elf that I pinched myself
To see I was really there
Chorus:
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin Town
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
That I met in the County Down
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