Why 'Danny Boy' song ban should be imposed on St. Patrick's Day - VIDEOS

allan07! Smart Wellingtonian horse/cow paraphrase. Is Northern-Irish not a form of Irishness, despite your previous criticism of Irish-Americans for hyphenation. Do Northern-Irish-British (double hyphenation?) not differ from English-British, Welsh-British and/or Scottish-British. The term "British" refers to the island of Great Britain (i.e. England & Wales and Scotland). For the majority of native Irish, the United Kingdom (UK) was the powerhouse of a Br[u]tish Empire.

Screw the critics ....if you want to hear it done right, search you tube for Danny Boy by Littwin.

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@Alan07: Actually my comment is neither inaccurate or untruthful. Fred Weatherly made those points in his autobiography, Piano and Gown (1926).

Regarding Danny Boy Now I know how the Irish beat the Black and Tans-- THEY SANG THEM TO DEATH

Pilib04 THANK YOU!

it was sung by his mother not his fathere and it is the very best Irish song we have ( although The Last Rose of Summer sung by Johns MacCormack comes darn close! Not maudlin TRUE my pop did not get "home" to see his mom before she passed- he did get to bend over her grave and tell her that he loved her after ward though piss off!

Realist sorry my remarks have offended you. I didn't insinuate I should leave the US after eight hundred years but I should accept it is the US not Ireland and that it is governed by the US Government not some other foreign country.I can't say I read the agreement from cover to cover but I was part of voting in favor of it as a grass roots member of sinn fein at the time. I am pro agreement but like a lot of people I don't like having unionism waved in my face it like allan07 did it pushes buttons. My comments are not ignorant they are unpleasant to you the whole subject is which is why so many died. I stand by my statement I don't believe in the gun but still know the English stole the north simple as that you can argue it which ever way you want. I wish no harm on allan07 or his people but I do wish his government would please finally go home and leave us in peace.

wdwrkr371: "the cow can go home and after eight hundred years finally get the hint he is not wanted in the horses shed and whats more never had permission to stay in the first place"? Well following your logic, surely you should leave the United States after significantly less than 800 years? My friend, your comments are both offensive and ignorant. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and by definition, British. I suggest you read the 1998 Belfast Agreement and moderate your language in future. Do you understand?

Allan07 The cow can go home and after eight hundred years finally get the hint he is not wanted in the horses shed and whats more never had permission to stay in the first place. Jesus at this point you lot are just an annoyance If you want to be British go live in England. I live in the U.S so I became a US Citizen it's a simple concept. Sad part is I bet when you go to England they consider you Irish you can't win peace time or no you will never have a legitimate home except for the one you reject. Finally if as you say the Irish were never united in any of the ways you stated maybe it's because of the constant never ending to this day distraction & interference from the neighbor from hell. The Island is at peace, you still have your precious Queen so shut up.

The song has always been called the Londonderry air. I have no time for the PC lot whom now want to change it to the Londonderry/Derry air. How silly. Lets change Father Christmas to person Christmas and man holes to person holes. Grow up and dont be biggots forever. The composer called it the Londonderry air thats it end off. No it nothing to do with a Unified Ireland. The people of Ireland are not United by belief, background, culture, language, history, religion, opinion, thought or anything else. Accept it for thats the way it is. Just because a horse and a cow both live in a shed they are not the same. As for myself I am Northern Irish, British and that never going to change. (Not this side of hell freezing over). citizen69 - who knows what Fred Weatherley said years ago. I dont believe religion would have been mentioned so your comment is probably inaccurate and untruthful.

@pilib04: The so-called third verse you quote is not part of the original lyrics. Fred Weatherley, the author of Danny Boy stated that he wanted both Unionists & Nationalists of Ireland to sing this song. He also said the song had no hint of rebellion or bloodshed.

The Derry/Londonderry Air should, indeed must be the national anthem of a unified Ireland! Bythebay, Right On!

When I hear a bad rendition of "Danny Boy", I always think of it as "The Londonderry Aire", with the wrong words.It always makes me feel a lot better. As to the singing of maudlin songs, it used to be the custom in Gaeltacht pubs for the patrons to sing "Mo Ghile Mear" at last call. Of course, that may have been because the taps were being turned off. The Germans, by contrast [the army, at least]used to play a quick march, such as the "Zapfenstreich Marsch"- which means something like "The Turning Off The Taps March]".

Another example of song snobbery, you have to be a professional to sing a song these days. Lighten up and enjoy the day, I suppose you'll want to outlaw guinness next, I mean any civilized person should drink chardonnay.