Biography:
A popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group that saw their beginning in the 1960s, The Irish Rovers are particularly well-known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn," although a great many more of their characteristically happy and oft-comical songs remain well-known to this day. In 2010, the band celebrated 45 years as recording artists, with their latest CD, "Gracehill Fair" and filming the DVD/television special "Home in Ireland", shot entirely on-location, throughout the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Other songs:
- All On St Patricks Day
- Black Velvet Band
- Christmas In Killarney
- Dear Little Shamrock Shore
- Drunken Sailor
- Fuck You Im Drunk
- Good King Wenceslas
- Grandma Runover Reindeer
- Heres To The Horses
- I Am Lord Of The Dance
- Mrs Crandalls Boarding House
- Pennywhistle Peddler
- Pigs Cant Swim
- Star Of The County Down
- Sweet Anne
- The Dublin Pub Crawl
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Roving Tar
- The Orange And The Green
- The Rake
- The Scotsman
- The Tinker
- The Unicorn
- The Wind That Shakes The Corn
- Up Among The Heather
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wasnt That A Party
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Whiskey On A Sunday
- Wild Rover
- Winkin Blinkin And Nod
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
Em G D Em D
Near Banbridge Town in the County Down, One morning last July
Em G D Em D Em
From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín, And she smiled as she passed me by
G D Em D
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet, To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em G D Em D Em
Such a winsome elf, I’m ashamed of myself For to see I was staring there
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 2]
Em G D Em D
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, And I looked with a feelin' rare
Em G D Em D Em
And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by "Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
G D Em D
Well, he looked at me, and he said to me, "That's the gem of Ireland's crown
Em G D Em D Em
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the County Down"
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 3]
Em G D Em D
She'd soft brown eyes with a look so shy and a smile like a rose in June
Em G D Em D Em
And she sang so sweet what a lovely treat as she lilted an Irish tune
G D Em D
At the Lammas dance I was in a trance as she whirled with the lads of the town
Em G D Em D Em
And it broke my heart just to be apart from the star of the County Down
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 4]
Em G D Em D
At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Em G D Em D Em
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from my nut brown rose
G D Em D
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke till my plough is a rust coloured brown
Em G D Em D Em
And a smiling bride, by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down
Em G D Em D
Near Banbridge Town in the County Down, One morning last July
Em G D Em D Em
From a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín, And she smiled as she passed me by
G D Em D
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet, To the sheen of her nut brown hair
Em G D Em D Em
Such a winsome elf, I’m ashamed of myself For to see I was staring there
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 2]
Em G D Em D
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, And I looked with a feelin' rare
Em G D Em D Em
And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by "Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
G D Em D
Well, he looked at me, and he said to me, "That's the gem of Ireland's crown
Em G D Em D Em
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the County Down"
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 3]
Em G D Em D
She'd soft brown eyes with a look so shy and a smile like a rose in June
Em G D Em D Em
And she sang so sweet what a lovely treat as she lilted an Irish tune
G D Em D
At the Lammas dance I was in a trance as she whirled with the lads of the town
Em G D Em D Em
And it broke my heart just to be apart from the star of the County Down
[Chorus]
G D Em D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin Town
Em G D Em D Em
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín that I met in the County Down
[Verse 4]
Em G D Em D
At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
Em G D Em D Em
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from my nut brown rose
G D Em D
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke till my plough is a rust coloured brown
Em G D Em D Em
And a smiling bride, by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down
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