From the recording Unplayed: The Chronicles of Lady Lyric
The hauntingly beautiful melody is believed to have originated in the early 1600’s, and the lyric that’s known and loved worldwide was penned in 1913. But in the world of ChamberSteamPop, this is what it sounds like!
Lyrics
O Danny Boy
The pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountainside
The summer’s gone and all the roses falling
‘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
O Danny Boy, O 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 tho’ 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
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
O Danny Boy, O Danny Boy
I love you so!