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Tune Req: Star of the County Down

20 Jun 97 - 09:15 PM (#7148)
Subject: Star of the country down
From: ghamburg@vom.com

looking for the notation (gif or ABC format) to the star of the country down (Irish folktune)

21 Jun 97 - 12:13 AM (#7154)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Alan of Australia

I'd be surprised if Richard Robinson's Tune book didn't have it. That site is too slow right now to be able to check.

The URL is:-

http://celtic.stanford.edu/pub/tunes/RRTunebook/

Search for county down (NOT country).

Cheers,
Alan

24 Jun 97 - 03:59 PM (#7362)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: DrWord

I forget where (!@#@#$$) but somewhere on the 'net there is a Van Morrison page with lyrics, lyrics, lyrics...

24 Jun 97 - 09:45 PM (#7394)
Subject: Chords Add: STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
From: ron k

Try these:

Near (Em) Bambridge Town in the (C) County (D) Down
One (Em) mornin' last Ju- (D) ly
Down the (Em) boreen came a (C) sweet col- (D) leen
And she (Em) smiled as she (Am) passed me (Em) by.
She (G) looked so sweet from her (D) two bare feet ,
To the (Em) crown of her nut-brown (D) hair.
Such a (Em) winsome elf that I (C) pinched my- (D) self
For to (Em) see I was (Am) really (Em) there.

Use the chords from the last four lines in the chorus. I hope this helps.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 4-May-03.

25 Jun 97 - 03:47 AM (#7413)
Subject: Chords Add: STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
From: Alan of Australia

These chords will sound better to some people:

Near (Em) Banbridge Town in the (G) County (D) Down
One (Em) mornin' last Ju- (Bm) ly,
Down the (Em) boreen came a (G) sweet col- (D) leen
And she (Em) smiled as she (Am) passed me (Em) by.
She (G) looked so sweet from her (D) two bare feet
To the (Em) crown of her nut-brown (Bm) hair.
Such a (Em) winsome elf that I (G) pinched my- (D) self
For to (Em) see I was (Am) really (Em) there.

Cheers,
Alan

07 Jul 97 - 08:02 PM (#8174)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: ron k

Thanks Alan. They sound much better than what I was using.

07 Jul 97 - 08:45 PM (#8178)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Buzz

the sets of words (first verses) here are all good - I've heard - and I sing -variations on these, but no important differences; In some sources there are a lot of verses, which would probably bore many audiences - think I got mine from a Soodlum's - we moved recently and most of mystuff is not disorganised, but still in a box - at any rate the f1st, 2nd and last verses usu work well

18 Jul 97 - 06:38 PM (#9028)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca

What is a "boreen"?

18 Jul 97 - 11:15 PM (#9041)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Alison

Hi

I always assumed it was just a village green.

Slainte

Alison

20 Jul 97 - 11:34 AM (#9104)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca

I usually hear it sung as "bowling green".

21 Jul 97 - 11:23 AM (#9137)
Subject: RE: Star of the country down
From: Martin Ryan

A "Boreen" is a rough track or road. Literally, in Irish, it means "small road".

Regards