My boy, life is calling
From the mountains a sound will arrive
The days of summer are ending
You must go and I stay here

If you return when the sun comes back
When the snow will melt away
You will find me in front of the blooming meadows
My boy, my boy, I will be there

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 roses falling
It's you, it's you, must go and I must bide

I will listen in the shadow to your tears
Dreaming that you are here close to me
And then solitude will be sweeter
I will sleep forever in peace here with you

I will listen from the shadow to your tears
Dreaming that you are here close to me

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so

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