Danny Boy
Words by Frederic Weatherly, an English lawyer, 1910, set to «Londonderry Air» — a tune Jane Ross of Limavady collected in the mid-19th century.
A D A
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
A D E
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
A D
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,
A E A
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.
F#m D A
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,
F#m D E
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow.
A D A F#m
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,
A E A
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
A D A
But if ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
A D E
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
A D
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying,
A E A
And kneel and say an Ave there for me.
F#m D A
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
F#m D E
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
A D A F#m
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
A E A
And I'll sleep in peace until you come to me.
A E A
And I'll sleep in peace until you come to me.