Danny Boy – Marianne Faithfull (from “When Pigs Fly” soundtrack)
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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, it’s 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 Yes, I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so
But when you 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 breath shall be warm and sweeter be For you will bend and tell me that you love me And I will sleep in peace until you come for me