Danny Boy

Youngest son goes off to war, 1913.
The melody from the old Irish tune Londonderry Air.
Adapted by Fred E. Weatherly.

The sheet music:

Danny_Boy – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment track:

Danny-Boy – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. 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
  2. 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

Sung here by Fred Feild: