Sunset from the Pier
“Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'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
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
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 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 simply sleep in peace until you come to me”.
I came across an article on a web site that links the song “Danny Boy” to Portnahaven. The melody was reputedly written and played by “blind Jimmy McCurry”. Jimmy was the son of John McCurry who tradition has it, was from Portnahaven and married a girl from Ballycastle in Northern Ireland. They settled in Ireland and John’s son Jimmy was born in 1830.
Click on the link www.theoriginofdannyboy.com for the whole article regarding this.
