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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 flowers are dying,
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come you back when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow;
'Tis I'll be there 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 simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
I simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
A variant was also recorded by Ryan's Fancy (A Time With Ryan's Fancy, ©1979, Boot Records)
