Danny Boy

Danny Boy ¹

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

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

And if you come when all the flowers are 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'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me

References

1. "Danny Boy" is a ballad set to an ancient Irish melody. The words were written by English lawyer, songwriter and entertainer Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929) in 1910 and usually set to the Irish tune of the "Londonderry Air".