Story Behind the Song
The most beloved of all traditional Irish songs.
Lyrics
DANNY BOY
1. Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are callin'
From glen to glen and down the mountainside.
The summer's gone and all the flowers are dyin'.
'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 Ill be there in sunshine or in shadows.
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
2. And when ye come and all the flowers are dyin',
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
You'll come and find the place where I am lyin'
And kneel and say an Ave there for me.
And I shall hear, 'tho soft you tread above me.
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
If you will bend and tell me that you love me.
Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.
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