DANNY BOY
(Lyrics: Frederick Edward Weatherly / 
Music by: Adapted from an old Irish Air (Londonderry Air)
by Frederick Edward Weatherly)

Recorded by: 

Joan Baez; Charlotte Church; Perry Como;
Conway Twitty; ..... and many others.



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 roses falling,
It's you, it's 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,
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Avè there for me.
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!


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As recorded by: Conway Twitty



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 roses falling,
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and even down the mountain side.
The summer's gone and all the roses falling,
It's you, It's you must go and I must bide.

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

---Instrumental---

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and even down the mountain side.
The summer's gone and all the roses falling,
It's you, It's you must go and I must bide.

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

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so!
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so!


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(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - September 2005)