The song "Danny Boy" expresses longing for a lover named Danny to return from being away. It describes how the summer is gone and the roses are falling, and asks Danny to return when the meadow is green again or the valley is white with snow. It continues that even if the singer dies before Danny returns, he will come to her grave and say a prayer, and though he walks softly, she will hear him and her grave will be warmer for knowing of his love.
The song "Danny Boy" expresses longing for a lover named Danny to return from being away. It describes how the summer is gone and the roses are falling, and asks Danny to return when the meadow is green again or the valley is white with snow. It continues that even if the singer dies before Danny returns, he will come to her grave and say a prayer, and though he walks softly, she will hear him and her grave will be warmer for knowing of his love.
The song "Danny Boy" expresses longing for a lover named Danny to return from being away. It describes how the summer is gone and the roses are falling, and asks Danny to return when the meadow is green again or the valley is white with snow. It continues that even if the singer dies before Danny returns, he will come to her grave and say a prayer, and though he walks softly, she will hear him and her grave will be warmer for knowing of his love.
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summers gone, and all the roses falling Tis you, tis you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summers in the meadow Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow Tis Ill be here 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 Youll 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. Ill simply sleep in peace until you come to me. And I shall rest in peace until you come to me. Oh, Danny Boy, Oh, Danny Boy, I love you so.