EILY DEAR [DANNY BOY]

                 EILY DEAR

oh Eily dear : 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 I : it's I must go and you must bide
but I'll come back when summer's in the meadow
or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
and you'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
oh Eily dear : oh Eily dear : I love you so

someday may be : when all the flow'rs are dying
and I am dead : as dead I well may be
ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
and kneel and say an Ave there for me
and I shall hear though 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

                 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 falling
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,
it's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow:
oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy : I love you so

but when ye come and all the flowers are dying
if I am dead : as dead I well may be
ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
and kneel and say an Avè there for me
and I shall hear though 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
  
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