- 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 ave 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.
- Third Verse:
as performed by John Corr at the Famine Memorial fundraiser.
- But if I live, and should you die for Ireland
- let not your dying thoughts be just of me
- But say a prayer to god to for our dear sire land
- I know she'll hear and help to set her free
- And I will take your pike and place my dearest
- And strike a blow though weak the blow may be
- Twill help the cause to which your heart was nearest
- Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
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