Danny Boy

: Danny Boy is also the stage name of Chicago native Daniel Ray, a contemporary African-American soul singer.

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Danny Boy is a love song from a woman to a man, providing one of many lyrics set to the tune of the Londonderry Air. It was written in 1910 by Frederick Weatherly, an English lawyer, and set to the tune in 1913. The first recording was made by Ernestine Schumann-Heink in 1915. Weatherly suggested in 1928 that the second verse would provide a fitting requiem for the actress Ellen Terry.

Related Topics:
Londonderry Air - 1910 - Frederick Weatherly - 1913 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink - 1915 - 1928 - Ellen Terry

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The song is widely considered an Irish anthem, and the tune is used as the anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, even though its writer was not Irish, and the song was and is more popular outside Ireland than within.

Related Topics:
Irish - Northern Ireland - Commonwealth Games

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The lyrics:

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:Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

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:From glen to glen, and down the mountain side;

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:The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,

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:'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

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:But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,

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:Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,

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:'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,

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:Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so!

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:But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,

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:And I am dead, as dead I well may be,

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:Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying,

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:And kneel and say an Ave there for me.

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:And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,

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:And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,

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:For you will bend and tell me that you love me,

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:And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!

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