Johnny Cash - Danny Boy Lyrics
Back of out 1918 my father Ray Cash was in the army in France. Along about our ... day he was one of the proud men to stand inspection by General John J. Percy.
Less than a year later my dad was back on the cotton farm in South West Arkansas. And he knew the way of life didn't change very fast back home. He rode a horse about ten miles every Sunday to see Miss Carrie Rivers.
In those days, when everyone in the country either rode a horse or a wagon or walked, you were probably a stranger if you were five miles from home or less, maybe.
Sometimes life was pretty tough, so some of the people were tough too. That's why my dad had a Colt .45 stuck in his belt every Sunday. The first thing he always did was to lay his pistol on the mantel of the fireplace at grandpa Rivers'.
When my parents got married, my mother Carrie Rivers was sixteen. After that it wasn't long 'til daddy wasn't considered a stranger. So, he made friend with most everybody around.
Daddy tells about an Irish immigrant on a rail road where he worked the cotton belt line who never stopped talking about going back to Dublin. One of the first stories I ever remember my dad tell and was one that Irish immigrant told him.
And according to that particular source of information there was this boy named Daniel McCinney working in the fields one morning. And across the fields came his sweetheart Rosa Lee. She came crying with tears in her eyes.
Later someone put down into a song some of the things that Rosa Lee told Daniel.
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 fallen.
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.
I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows.
I'll be here, oh, Danny boy, I'll miss you so.
But if you fall as all the flowers are falling,
And if you're dead, as dead you well may be,
I'll come and find the place where you're lying,
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for thee.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow.
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow.
I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow.
oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy, I love you so.
[Frederick "Fred" Edward Weatherly (1848-1929) was an English lawyer, author, songwriter and radio entertainer. He wrote the lyrics of the well-known ballad Danny Boy which is set to the tune A Londonderry Air. Weatherly wrote over 3,000 popular songs, including "Roses Are Blooming In Picardy," and "The Holy City."]
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Johnny Cash Danny Boy Comments
Staggering beautifull song !!!
'Amen Duggan'
gotta friend dany he just married his true love katja and they are so happy
When your mum calls you downstairs and uses your full name.
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So Sad 😭😭😭😭
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i am coming ys bbarefoot bright
i gotafriend dany he just marry the girl he love and is happy
So sad and so beautiful
The best song johnny cash singed ever
I am come from gravity falls book part 3
Beautiful, simply beautiful.
Best version of Danny boy ever!!!!
Out of tune
Castle rock anyone?
Who's here because of Castle Rock!??!!😋
Castle Rock?
Yeaaaaaaaahhh!!!
An old Irish folk song paired with an English old text sung by an old venerable man, great...
My son's name is Danny, and I have not seen him since he was seven years old...
Wow, I never knew this song existed.
I've been listening to Cash's random songs on youtube, but only now stumbled on this one.
His last albums are amazing.
His deep voice just pierces through, straight to the heart.
Wow, this is really emotional and powerful. The beauty of this piece is impossible to calculate, it tells you a story so so beautiful that you can feel every word he can sings
i first heard it in peaky blinders
Best Song.
Preciosa canción, llegué aquí por the beatles cuando John canta unas lineas al final de one after 909
Unbelievable
86 people are human trash
Similar to Train Song of Tom Waits
Its so sad he passed 😔💔 i got to meet his caretaker and was given a book she wrote called in the house of cash
I heard in wolf creek 2
The 82 people are from Northern Ireland
Makes me remember all my real Friends in Heaven!
Be good if he actually got the lyrics right.
Played it at my mothers funeral as we left the church to bury her, god bless mum go in peace,.x
Such imense depth in Johnny Cash's voice, beautifully portraying the bittersweet lyrics with great
feeling, and opening my hardened chest to love
I have a feeling Johnny knew he was a goner when he did this.
I can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s everything about it really. The way he sings it, understands it. The instrumentation. It has a knowing air about it. You can feel it.
I would love to hear this song played on just the pipe organ.
And Come and Find Me in The Meadow Where I Am Laying..
And Then Kids Me Gently on the Forehead....So that I Will Know That ❤️ You are there. .. OH VICKI LEE TAYLOR YOU KNOW CHARLES WALKER RANGER LOVES YOU SOO. 💞♥️💝 I LOVE YOU SO MY LITTLE PRINCESS. AND I ALWAYS WILL. . DARLING... ALWAYS AND FOREVER. 💓🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐🐈🦃🐓💎💍🗝️🛡️⚔️
Who else listens to this just before they murder a blacksmith? Oh, just me and Tommy then....
I remember driving down a country road listening to this CD for the first time and this song hit me like a punch in the gut. Tears.
irish pride
hr.r. puffenstuff said bob s burger
That organ...Fuck me...
A great song sung by one of greatest
born in Belfast 1944
If this song doesnt bring a tear to your eye then you aint Irish
LOL, the song was written by an Englishman called Fredrick Weatherly, nothing Irish about it.
flip inheck loooolll
"Oh Danny boy, The pipes, the pipes are calling" *Chris Ray Gun puts gun in mouth*
Sorry, but this is the worst version of Danny Boy I've ever heard
best version ever, so sacral, so pure, so simple, so honest and so Cash
Anyone from the Chris Ray gun skit?
So poignant!
Nope-won’t do it-heard it ALL MY LIFE-sometimes I feel I wrote it! And no way r they playn this at my funeral-so sad, and my mother wud play it on the Piano n sing it to me when I was around 6.... I wud tilt my head n look at her like a puppy.... nope, won’t do it
I'VE DID IT CAPTAIN
I'VE SANGED LULLABYS
Harold Meachum
the best recording of my favourite song
Johnny always inspired me to try to be a good man, it's hard and doesn't always happen. He sung it, I sing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9GNwNNJnGQ&feature=youtu.be
😥👌
This was played at my cousins. Funeral
What's crazy is that this isn't from Mom or wife to soldier, it's father to son. I never knew that till now
A really good reading of this song. One of the best versions.
RIP John McCain
Also include Danny Thomas in singers who do this hymn justice. God must be part Irish.
Yet the song is English by Fredrick Weatherly
I must say that the lyrics for this song are so incredibly beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky37rKn_ZWY
Johnny Cash rocks this song. both his and Conway Twitty's versions are amazing
RIP Spider-Man.
Exactly what I expected
Made it by the skin of my teeth, its 11:54 p.m. on St. Patrick's Day, but I remembered to listen to my favorite version of this song.
What kind of sick people dislike such a beautiful song by such a great artist?
oh Johnny Cash jamais ne me lasse
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 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
But when ye come and all the roses falling
And I am dead as dead I well may be
Go out and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an ave there for me
And I will hear tho' soft you tread above me
And then my grave will warm and sweeter be
For you shall bend and tell me that you love me
And I will sleep in peace until you come to me
Amen, Duggan (shot)
Fred Cervantes i love u so...rip my brother
Benmont Tench from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers plays organ on this song
Whoever disliked this video needs to have some more respect
Damn right friend.
They don't have a soul
This voice is the voice of a man who has nothing to prove anymore. He nails the meaning of this song like hardly another artist ever did.
johnny.... and who did the pipes on this masterpiece did an awesome job
Joso Ubiparip Benmont Tench. Keyboardist and Hammond organist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the pipe organ here. Heard in an interview with him that it was just him, June, Rick Rubin and the church organist (because Tench didn't know what all the stop knobs etc did) in the church "on Wiltshire" when they recorded this. Tench could see Johnny in the organist's mirror, singing it out.
aaah, and ofc Rick Rubin has his hands into it. Thanks for the info! If only I could be there at recording time... must have been an awesome to hear it in that ambiance
I love this man. He reminds me of my father. Rest In Peace to both. :(
MOI NAME IS ARTHUR FOOKIN' SHELBY
This was played at my dads funeral. 7/12/10, it's been 7 years since he's passed. Things are never the same, you just learn to keep on living and take one day at a time.
Amen to that.
My grandfather just passed away last Monday and this was also played at his funeral.
8 years, and I bet you're a great man. Have a perfect life, my man.
my father shot himself in the head. good riddance.
@credence7777777
Damn. That's cold. What'd he do?
Tennessee
there are many versions of this song but this one beats them all
remember me
This played at my best friends funeral...
beautiful.
I want this song played at my funeral
What a rich voice.. Amazing. Matches so well with this song.
Even when a song isn't his own, it's his own.
u are sick
so if u guys like kiling irish people its ok?
had a friend record this for me, & now she has gone its all i have left. nice to hear a johnny cash doing this.
My daddy sings this to me, always makes me cry. Now my Daddy is laying
in a coma, dying. And I don't know what to do, but cry. I will miss him
so very much!!
I’m sorry X
Sing it to him
God bless you and your fathers path, for you shall meet again
Ember WyldeHeart Hope you’re doing okay
WHY THE HELL does johnny sound like Goofy???
Might be to do with the fact that he's literally dying and in pain.
He's obviously not well here. Have some respect
Honestly...courage the cowardly dog.
Johnny used to come to my house when I was a boy and he and my daddy would barbecue baby back ribs. I heard him singing this song in the outhouse one day. This is the first time I've heard it since then.
That must be a very fond memory.
wow this was on peaky blinders so cool
I think Peaky Blinders has amazing songs in it. David Bowie had asked to appear in it and had some photos of him dressed as a 'Peaky Blinder'. He was a huge fan of it. Just before he died he gave the producer his final record 'Lazarus' and it was used to great effect in the programme. Peaky Blinders is the coolest thing on TV
I've heard a lot of people sing this song. But Johnny Cash always bring tears to my eyes.
lol heard this on my favorite episode of courage the cowardly dog with that magic tree
Haha, I remember that :-) Great episode.
JAMAICAN yea haha i thought that part was funny
JAMAICAN Really? I can't remember this song from the show, and, I consider myself a Couage fan.
Lucky barker ya from the tree episode.