All of the threads about good and bad singers and bands has piqued my curiosity; rarely a good thing. What is you favorite version of Danny Boy? I have heard a bazillion versions, but this is the one that I hear in my dreams. Sung the way it should be, by an incomparable Irish tenor alone.
fantastic question. never fails to make me tear up. there is an old timey version by a tenor named Dennis Day, that is as authentic as it gets, imho. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWh0H0ExuPE
This is what I think of when I hear Danny Boy. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSMl8uJ11Q Or for vocals it has to be women. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquA6KyHTos Damn tears.............
my Uncle Dan was a Boston Cop for thirty-plus years and WWII Marine Veteran when he passed at his wake we all sang Danny Boy. that was my favorite. it was a tradition then at an Irish wake to sing and drink.
i could`nt think of an actual version until that,thanks. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOLOVoO3k3g
Deanna Durbin I did a lot of searching about a year ago when I found this on u-boob View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j32Fnb_8Bv4 And she is easy on the eyes... Yes, I am old fashioned
When I attend a funeral of a member of our law enforcement or military, I can pretty well hold it together until Danny Boy or Taps is played, then I pull my handkerchief, with absolutely no shame.
Taps and volleys in the pouring rain...nothing sadder in this world. A late buddy, Irish on his mother's side, made us sing 'Danny Boy' at his wake. Not a dry eye in the house. The story behind the song is something as well. Danny has taken the King's shilling and is off to the Army...'you must go, and I must bide...' Moon
Just for you Mr. Tous... The inimitable master of True Texas music: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLC806H24aU&ytbChannel=Mike%20Bell
Like many here, I have heard that song at more military funerals than I like to count. And that reminds me. Eric, knowing of your service with the Old Guard, I don't believe I have ever thanked you for seeing the lads and lasses to their final rest. That song brings up many memories and I can see the faces of my shipmates that gave all once again. Again, Eric, I don't know how you did it, but I am damned glad that you did and I know that the families of our fallen feel the same.
When my 89yr old father in law sang it for Senior Saints. He almost got words mixed up but my vision was blurred