The classic song with one of the best melodies of all time. The lyrics were written in 1910 by Frederic Weatherly and refitted to the tune Londonderry Air in 1913. To my surprise, the song works well recovered in a dream pop vein with female vocals. You must hear the beautiful female chorus!! Complete lyrics below:

OH DANNY BOY

[verse 1]
Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
Summer's gone, and all the flowers dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

[Chorus]
Come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
For I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, 
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

[Verse 2]
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 a prayer there for me.

[Chorus]
Come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, 
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

[Verse 3]

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 sleep in peace until you come to me…

Danny Boy

Danny Boy (dream pop style with lyrics)

MUSIC MADE IN CANADA: Music has been a large part of my life since my teen years when I started playing guitar. Used to play popular pop and country songs in bars, songs written by other artists but for past couple decades have focused entirely on writing and producing my own songs across a number of genres: pop, country, blues, and more recently dream pop and what I'm calling whiskey blues dream pop, a style that merges the two and that seems complimentary to my ear. I believe each style can sound good and give people pleasure: that's my goal in writing. Now I produce sounds featuring both male and female vocals as the lyrics dictate; variety is the spice of...well, you know. Thanks for listening.

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