Walking down the streets of Temple Bar
There was a girl with her lovely guitar
She was alone staring at her coffee
She got no home and felt so empty
As I tried to peer into the gloom
A bruise on her eye, a boy in her womb
She'd seen the world, got nothing to lose
She loved the baby and sang to him
[Chorus]
“Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, the pipes are calling
The summer's gone, the summer's gone, the roses falling
I'd build a home and make a living
My love is never-ending for Danny Boy
I love you so.”
As he grew up and turned fifteen
She gave him a kiss and her lovely guitar
The mistake she made a long time ago
It really was not a mistake after all
As she got old and turned forty
She got cancer and cried in her sleep
She was afraid cause she was dying
She told the boy and sang to him
[Chorus]
“Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, the pipes are calling
The summer's gone, the summer's gone, the roses falling
I'd build a home and make a living
My love is never-ending for Danny Boy
I love you so.”
Bridge
And when she passed away, he got no one to talk to
So he started writing songs with her lovely guitar
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy
[Chorus II]
When winter comes, when winter comes, the flowers are dying
He'll find the place, find the place, where she's now lying
She built a home and made a living
Her love was never-ending for Danny Boy
She loved him so
She loved him so
She loved him so
She loved him so