Danny Boy

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"Danny Boy" is a classic and widely beloved ballad, often associated with Irish traditional music and themes of longing and farewell.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Danny Boy canonical 8
Mr. Danny Boy 2
Oh Danny Boy 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song
alsoKnownAs Oh Danny Boy
linked to: Danny Boy
basedOn Londonderry Air
composerOfLyrics Frederic Weatherly
countryOfAssociation Ireland
genre Irish traditional music
ballad
folk
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Irish diaspora
Northern Ireland
hasMelodyFrom County Londonderry
hasNotableRecordingBy Bing Crosby
Celtic Woman
Daniel O'Donnell
Elvis Presley
Eva Cassidy
Harry Belafonte
Johnny Cash
Judy Garland
Sinéad O'Connor
linked to: Sinead O’Connor

The Irish Tenors
isFrequentlyIncludedIn collections of Irish songs
funeral music compilations
traditional ballad anthologies
isStandardIn Irish traditional repertoire
folk repertoire
vocal repertoire
language English
lyricalPerspective parent or elder speaking to a younger person
lyricist Frederic Weatherly
publicationYear 1913
subjectMatter hope for reunion in the afterlife
parting of loved ones
theme farewell
longing
loss
love
separation
typicalPerformanceContext Irish cultural events
St Patrick's Day celebrations
funerals
memorial services
typicalPerformanceType solo voice
voice and piano
usesMelody Londonderry Air

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Voice of an Angel hasTrack Danny Boy
American IV: The Man Comes Around hasTrack Danny Boy
Rufus Wainwright hasPart Danny Boy
subject linked to: album "Rufus Wainwright"
Apple (Mother Love Bone album) hasPart Mr. Danny Boy
linked to: Danny Boy
Apple hasPart Mr. Danny Boy
linked to: Danny Boy
Toss It Up featuresArtist Danny Boy
Danny Boy alsoKnownAs Oh Danny Boy
linked to: Danny Boy