Lyrics Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Danny Boy

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 dying

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 valleys hushed and white with snow

And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows

Oh Danny Boy oh Danny Boy I love you so

And if you come and 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 fear though soft you tread above me

And then my grave will richer sweeter be

For you will bend and tell me that you love me

And I shall rest in peace until you come to me

(I love you so)