# Oh Danny boy, the pipes the pipes are calling.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357 "2001-03-17T07:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/1 "2001-03-17T07:57:09Z")
From glen to glen and down the mountainside… ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/2 "2001-03-17T08:03:04Z")
_hugs sheek to chase the sadness away if he can_ _joins in singing_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/3 "2001-03-17T08:08:50Z")
The summer’s gone and all the roses fallen… ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/4 "2001-03-17T08:08:56Z")
The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. How are you doing, rachel? Is everything ok? You know you can always find me, e-mail or ICQ. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/5 "2001-03-17T08:12:06Z")
But come ye back when spring is in the meadow ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/6 "2001-03-17T08:37:07Z")
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow [sub]Sorry for my over enthusiasm here, I just learned the full song a few weeks ago. This song demands drunken group singing and I can’t convince any of my friends to learn it![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/7 "2001-03-17T09:15:27Z")
'Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so. ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/8 "2001-03-17T10:04:05Z")
**You can’t steal two lines to get the the best one!** 🙂 But if you come when all the flowers are dying… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/9 "2001-03-17T10:41:37Z")
[sub]yes I can! Bein’ part Irish gives me some rights today![/sub] And I am dead, as dead I well may be ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/10 "2001-03-17T12:03:47Z")
You’ll come and find the place where I am lying… ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/11 "2001-03-17T14:08:13Z")
And kneel and say an “Ave” there for me. … Sniff… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/12 "2001-03-17T14:11:41Z")
Someone call me? ::blushes madly:: ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/13 "2001-03-17T15:22:09Z")
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/14 "2001-03-17T16:08:17Z")
And all my grave shall linger sweeter be, Then ye will bend and tell me that ye love me, (The two line rule claimed above applies to me too.) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/15 "2001-03-17T16:40:12Z")
[Or: And I shall hear, tho’ soft you tread above me And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be] If you’ll not fail to tell me that you love me ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/16 "2001-03-17T17:01:47Z")
I’ll simply sleep in peace until you come to me. Me teary Irish eyes ‘r smilin’ 🙂 Paul O’Younger ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/17 "2001-03-17T17:02:10Z")
//// **chique** \\ :: more sniffing :: ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/18 "2001-03-17T17:07:56Z")
Many fond memories of that song. _sniffle_ ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/19 "2001-03-17T17:17:41Z")
That’s my favorite song EVER!!! now, for my second favorite… (does anyone know this?) Oh, Paddy dear and did ye hear the news that’s goin’ ‘round? The shamrock is forbid’ by law to grow on Irish ground!.. join in, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357/20 "2001-03-17T17:57:37Z")
No man Saint Patrick’s Day shall keep, his colour can’t be seen, For there’s a cruel law against the wearin’ o’ the green. [[Here](http://www.onepassinfo.com/folksongs/wearinothegreen.asp) is the link, for those who can’t remember the words; I had to look it up.] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-danny-boy-the-pipes-the-pipes-are-calling/58357.md?page=2)