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Jul 2, 2023 · Bantry Bay - the world-famous son. The song was written in the latter half of the 1800s by James Lynam Molloy from County Offaly, a lawyer who lived most of his life in England and was the ...
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. At the harvest fair she'll be surely there So I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right for a smile of a nut brown rose. No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
Feb 1, 2010 · So I headed home back to the farm. Me father left to me. And I nevermore will leave the shore. I nevermore will stray. I'll stay at home, no more to roam. Away from Bantry Bay. Oh the Bantry girls ...
The song begins by setting the scene in Banbridge town, County Down, on a sunny July morning. The singer describes encountering a charming young woman, the “sweet Colleen,” who walks by with a smile on her face. Her beauty is captivating, from her delicate bare feet to her lustrous nut-brown hair. The singer is so taken aback by her ...
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No maid I've seen like the brown colleen. That I met in the County Down. [Verse 5] At the Harvest Fair, she'll be surely there. And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes. Get my shoes shone bright and ...
