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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 flow'rs 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!
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See also Maidin i mBéarra, which can be sung to the same tune as the Londonderry Air.
Text Authorship:
- by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929), "Danny Boy" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Danny Boy", alternate title: "Londonderry Air" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benjamin C. S. Boyle , "Danny boy", op. 32, published 2014 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929), "Danny Boy" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Dónall Óg", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Danny Boy", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Robert Grady
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 152
A Dhónail Óig, tá an phíb ag glaoch ó mhaidin ó ghleann go gleann is síos fá thaobh an tslé' tá an samhradh thart is tá na blátha seargtha ní mór duit imeacht, fanfadsa liom féin. Ach tar ar ais is samhradh ar fud na móinéar nó nuair is bán faoi shneachta a bheidh an gleann beidh mise romhat más geal nó duairc í Éire A Dhónaill Óig, a Dhónail Óig is tú mo ghreann. Is ar do theacht, má bhíonn na blátha feoite Is mise, a stór, san uaigh ag déanamh cré An dtiocfaidh tú chun labhairt lem' chroí breoite Is ar do ghlúin' an ndéarfá an tÁivé Is cloisfeadsa do choiscéim ar an ngaineamh ní bheidh an uaigh chomh préachta is a bhí crom síos, a ghrá, is abair ' 'S tú mo thaitneamh!' codlód go sámh, a ghrá, ansin go síoraí.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2021 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929), "Danny Boy"
This text was added to the website: 2021-12-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 144