Danny Boy

danny boy

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen and down the mountain side,
The summer's gone and all the flowers dying,
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
'tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so.

But if ye come when all the flowers dying,
And I am dead, as dead I well may be,
You'll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me,
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be,
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me,
I simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

history

The tune was possibly composed by Rory Dall O'Cahan
(also known as Rory Dall Morison because of living in Scotland
many years) in the 1600's. These words were written by
Frederick Edward Weatherly in 1913. According to The
Fireside Book of American Folk Songs the first words set to
the music were those of Londonderry Air. Thomas Moore
(1770-1852) also wrote a set of lyrics to the tune (My Gentle Harp).

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