“Danny Boy”

Single subject April theme “old” #23

“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.”

1910 lyrics by Frederic Weatherly (an English lawyer!) and then set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air” in 1913. Over 110 years ago.

YouTube link for Judith Durham singing an evocative version of Danny Boy in 1968:
https://youtu.be/rnLnwWjrIyk?si=A65sU7hwV-oInxzx

[Christine Sztukowski]

So much meaning

[Susan Wakely]

Great song to compliment this shot.

[John Falconer]

@365projectorgchristine @wakelys
Thanks again for the lovely comments.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great colors and details.

[Diana]

A fabulous close up for a fabulous song. I was not aware of the background.

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Agnes]

Fortunately it will be summer again next year

[John Falconer]

@mittens @ludwigsdiana @pdulis @agnesvanderlindeicloudcom
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. It’s a very sad song to me.

[Carole Sandford]

Great shot & song.

[Diane]

Great shot! We had a friend from Scotland who would tear up when he heard "Danny Boy" because it reminded him of the home he missed.

[Nigel Rogers]

Great song and picture

[Fisher Family]

A beautiful shot of fading glory. I love the Judith Durham version of Danny Boy!

Ian

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful capture and great song !

[Dorothy]

Definitely one of my all time favourite songs and group! Thanks for the link.

[Beverley]

Special song too many.

[carol white]

A lovely capture

[*lynn]

Great song lyrics to go with your shot.

[Olwynne]

Stunning shot

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ooooh marvellous wabi sabi

[Joan Robillard]

Good wabi sabi

[Barb]

Beautiful fading rose, and thanks for the link to Danny Boy! Really enjoyed hearing it!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Always such a touching song. That's a lovely rendition. Nice capture of this dying bloom.

[Phil Howcroft]

beautiful reds and decaying petals

[Yao RL]

Our summer is gone. 😒

[Kathy]

I would have thought that this song was older than 1913.

[John Falconer]

@carole_sandford @eudora @nigelrogers @fishers @beryl @illinilass @beverley365 @carolmw @lynnz @ollyfran @koalagardens @joansmor @bjywamer @mccarth1 @phil_howcroft @yaorenliu
Thanks for commenting. My father was a tenor and used to sing this a lot.

[John Falconer]

@randystreat
Thanks Kathy. I too thought it was older! But no it’s not according to the stuff I read.

[KWind]

Great focus!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot for the song!

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[eDorre]

Neat match of photo and song

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav. Thanks for sharing. This song is very special...... my husbands name was Danny and my son lived in Scotland. Both now in heaven....

[haskar]

A beautiful song and a capture of time passing by. Thanks for sharing.

[Dione Giorgio]

That was one very beautiful song you have quoted to go with this beautiful capture.

[John Falconer]

@kwind @rickster549 @edorreandresen @haskar @sangwann @olivetreeann

Thank you for commenting. I chose the image first from a few I took on that day. I sort of had a few “rose” songs to choose from but Danny Boy was an easy selection.

[John Falconer]

@sdutoit
Thank you Sylvia. I’m happy you like it.

[Angela]

Beauty even in this stage. Appropriate song lyrics...

[Dave]

Nice textures

[John Falconer]

@angelar @darchibald
Thanks for commenting.

[John Falconer]

@randystreat
Hi Kathy. Correction. The song was written in 1910 not 1913!

[Kathy]

Well, that's older but not as old as I thought.

[John Falconer]

@randystreat @johnfalconer @johnfalconer
There you go Kathy!!!

[Steve Chappell]

Great capture

[John Falconer]

@swchappell
Thank you Steve.

[Vesna]

Great picture