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Danny Boy


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Wordsworth knew what that song was about...


Will no one tell me what she sings?--

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

For old, unhappy, far-off things,

And battles long ago:

Or is it some more humble lay,

Familiar matter of to-day?

Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,

That has been, and may be again?

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I'm really moved by this song.


i heard a story once, about a woman who'd just burried her mother a week earlier. Her mum helped out with babysitting and cared for their son (Daniel) whilst she was out at work.


Clearing out her son's bedroom she randomly pressed play on his bright, yellow tape recorder and out came her mother's voice singing Danny Boy... gently to her son.


really sad - i cried loads.


it was a chosen inheritance track on radio 4 for the above reason

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Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there - I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamond glints on snow

I am the gentle Autumn's rain

I am the sunlight on ripened grain

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush,

Of quiet birds on circled flight

I am the soft stars

that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there,I did not die.

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