Danny Boy

A7 D Bbm G

Oh Danny Boy the pipes, the pipes are calling

D Em A7

from glen to glen and down the mountainside.

D G

The summer's gone and all the roses falling,

Em Bbm A7 D

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

G D G A Bbm D

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

A7 Bbm G A Em

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

A7 D G D Bbm

and I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow.

G D G A7 D

Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy I love you so.

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

if I'm dead, as dead I well may be.

Ye'll come and find the place where I'm lying,

and kneel and say an Ave 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.

Danny Boy er skrevet af en engelsk sagfører, Frederick Edward Weatherly (1848-1929). Den blev ikke noget hit før hans svigerinde sendte ham en anden sang fra Amerika som han lånte melodien fra.

The Pure Malt Songbook

David Fønsbo

2005-01-23T13:49:01