Origin of the Song Danny Boy

Judith Durham Danny Boy (With introduction To Song) 1968

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anny Boy

 

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,

You'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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Oh, Danny Boy💜Sheila Ryan

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Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

오! 대니야, 피리소리가 들리는구나

From glen to glen and down the mountain side

산골짝마다 그리고  산 아래로  

 

The summer's gone and all the roses are falling

여름은 가고 모든 꽃들은 졌는데

It's you, it's you must go and I must bide

너는  떠나고 나는 남아 있어야 하는구나

 

 

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

하지만 저 초원에 여름이 오면 네가 돌아올까

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

산골짝마다 흰 눈이 덮이면 네가 돌아올까

It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,

눈이 오나 비가 오나 늘 여기서 널 기다리마

Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so

오 대니, 내 사랑하는 아들 대니야

 

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

하지만 네가 올 때  모든 꽃들은 시들어 죽어가고

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

나 또한 죽어 땅에 묻히리

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

네가  나 누워있는 곳을 찾아와

And  kneel and say an Ave [άːvei] there for me.

무릎 꿇고 내게  Ave 인사를 고하리라

 

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

내 무덤 위로 흐르는 고운 네 목소리 들으면

And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,

내 무덤은 더 따뜻하고 안락해지겠지.

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

네가 고개숙여 날 사랑한다 말하기에

And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me

난 네가 올 때까지 평화롭게 잠들리라

 

Danny Boy

 

Danny Boy

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 flowers are dying

'Tis you, 'tis 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, I love you so.

 

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying

And I am dead, as dead I well may be

You'll come and find the place where I am lying

And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

 

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me

And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be

If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

Origin of the Song Danny Boy

It often comes as a surprise to many people that the famous song 'Dannny Boy' is

one of over 100 songs composed to the same tune with the famous lyrics penned by an English Lawyer!

Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929), lawyer, songwriter and entertainer wrote the lyrics to Danny Boy

in the year 1910  but only used the now familiar traditional tune when he was sent the 'Londonderry Air'

by his sister-in-law in 1912.

 

The song was republished in 1913. Weatherly had collaborated with Alfred Perceval Graves who was a friend, but the two fell out when Graves claimed that his companion had stolen some of the lyrics that Graves himself had written for the song.

 

The tune was also known as the 'Air from County Derry'. The earliest recorded appearance of the music in print was in the year 1855 in 'Ancient Music of Ireland' by George Petrie (1789-1866), when it was given to Petrie by Jane Ross of Limavady in County Derry, who claimed to have copied the tune from an itinerant piper.

 

This is perhaps the most famous of all Irish songs and became very popular in America where it was recorded by Bing Crosby, Mario Lanza and many others.

 

Danny Boy has been used by many Irish folk, traditional and even rock musicians ever since. The famous Irish rock band, Thin Lizzy, re-imagined the music to great effect on their 1979 album, 'Black Rose'. Danny Boy remains as one of the most popular and well known Irish love songs of all time.