Here are two theories about what "Danny Boy" means.
Danny is off to join the IRA to free Old Ireland. His Dad, having suffered torture in English jails (or gaols), doesn't expect to last long enough to see Old Ireland free. Not a very likely choice of subject matter for an English barrister, one would think. We have Fred Weatherly's word that "there is nothing of the rebel song in it, and no note of bloodshed".
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Danny has to leave Ireland and emigrate during the Famine. His dear old mother is bidding him farewell. Is she staying behind to starve? The second verse doesn't make sense then, because people who emigrated during this period didn't expect to be able to come back. (Very few of them ever did.)
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I love that song so much I named my son Daniel.
2007-03-07 11:55:52
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answered by Hamish 4
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Danny Boy Meaning
2016-09-28 05:56:46
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answered by bitter 4
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Words To Danny Boy
2016-12-17 08:47:24
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answered by ? 4
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What does Danny Boy mean?
It has a different meaning to the English and Irish, if anyone knows the real definition of Danny Boy please tell me.
2015-08-14 13:37:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Fred Weatherly portrait To begin with, Danny Boy is one of over 100 songs composed to the same tune. The author was an English lawyer, Frederic Edward Weatherly (1848-1929), who was also a songwriter and radio entertainer. In 1910 he wrote the words and music for an unsuccessful song he called Danny Boy. In 1912 his sister-in-law in America sent him a tune called the Londonderry Air (or possibly something else, as discussed in Section 3), which he had never heard before. He immediately noticed that the melody was perfectly fitted to his Danny Boy lyrics, and published a revised version of the song in 1913. As far as is known, Weatherly never set foot in Ireland.
The Danny Boy lyrics proved particularly popular in the United States, where they were recorded by a number of popular singers including Bing Crosby.
Another name for this tune is the Londonderry Air. This title has a certain political bias, since the name "Londonderry" is used to emphasize the ties between Northern Ireland and Britain (referring to the colonization of the area by English settlers in the early 17th century). Irish nationalists usually prefer to use "Derry", the original name of the Northern city and county. It appears that the title Air from County Derry was also used. I
2007-03-07 11:56:08
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answered by Catie I 5
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"Oh Danny boy, The pipes, the pipes are Calling." " And you must go". Irish language is English. The words of this song merely means that the yourh are called out to war. "Danny Boy "represents any young person that that is called to fight for his country.
2007-03-07 11:48:40
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answered by Anonymous
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If your name was Danny you would understand
2007-03-07 11:48:40
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It is the lost tribe of Dan. There Father is calling out for them to come home. They were a tribe who always felt like outsiders because of mother. God The Father told them they had to wait. Now is the time of them coming back home to their Father. Check it out in Bible
2014-01-23 13:18:50
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a love song from a woman to a man
2007-03-07 11:46:03
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answered by It's Just My Opinion 4
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alove song to the one he loves when his time ha come he is waiting
2014-11-21 19:56:07
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