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噢!丹尼男孩,那風笛的聲音不斷的呼喚著…,這首舉世聞名的愛爾蘭民謠「丹尼男孩」(Danny Boy),是任何一場愛爾蘭音樂演唱會中,勢必會被點唱的歌曲。這首曲子的作曲者為羅利.戴爾.歐卡漢(Rory Dall O'Cahan),寫於1600年間。後來,費德里克.魏舍利( Frederick Edward Weatherly)在1913年將其填了「丹尼男孩」歌詞,深受當時人們的喜愛,而流傳至今,其歌詞如下:
Danny Boy
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 flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
其實,上述「丹尼男孩」歌詞,原本是費德里克.魏舍利於1911年所做的另一首歌曲的歌詞,但並不流行,隔年他接到居住在美國的妹妹寄給他歐卡漢所做的歌譜,他發現這個曲子與他所填的「丹尼男孩」歌詞相當契合,就將其合併,沒想到因此大放異彩,亦是後來許多不同填詞中最受歡迎的一首,「丹尼男孩」也因此成為愛爾蘭最具代表性的民謠之一,與「夏日最後玫瑰」、「強尼當兵去」同為愛爾蘭最負盛名的三首民謠。
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