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GUEST,Anonymous The Story BEHIND the song! (58* d) Danny Boy 12 Mar 04

Back in the 1980s, a Los Angeles radio show "went to Dublin" for Saint Patrick's Day. During the week they interviewed the Mayor of Dublin who gave a unique account of the song Danny Boy. He said the song was about a father sending one of his sons to the New World, knowing he would never see the boy again. This seems to fit the lyrics without requiring someone to have died in a war. Moreover, it fits the mid 19th Century dates cited in the other posts on the thread.

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