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‘Danny Boy’ is well known throughout the world and has been recorded by the likes of Bing Crosby, Mario Lanza and Eva Cassidy. Its emotional strains have also lent the song poignantly to funeralsand memorial services. A retired Irish American police officer, Charlie McKenna, from Rhode Island, once said: “I want ‘Danny Boy’ sung at my funeral mass,...
There are varying suggestions as to the true meaning of the Irish ballad. Some interpret it to be a message from a parent to a son, wishing for their return from war. The highest note, which soars up and ends on the final note of ‘come ye back’, evokes a sense of hope, to the chance of meeting again. For others, it resonates for members of the Iris...
Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountainside, 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, Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy...
- Maddy Shaw Roberts
Lyrics. The 1913 lyrics by Frederic E. Weatherly: [5] 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,
Mar 29, 2022 · Who is Danny? Why are the pipes calling? And why did Catholic dioceses ban the beloved ballad's use during funerals? It has since become a generally accepted (although still potentially...
Nov 13, 2014 · Born in Suffern, New York on January 23, 1959, Danny was raised in a home that celebrated music. As a young boy growing up during the folk revival, his older sister Kathleen would play guitar and sing to him and also played folk LPs from artists that Danny would later call his peers.
