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Thread #64367   Message #1053419
Posted By: GUEST,lukeomalley@optonline.net
13-Nov-03 - 07:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Danny Boy (introductory verse)
Subject: RE: Origins: Danny Boy (introductory verse)
Hey Wilbyhillbilly,

I hope this adds to your collection. I have a friend of mine who a number of years ago gave me a verse he had written to go in between the two original verses. His name is Marty Walsh. He was the youngest police captain in the NY force in his day. I know he is alive and in his 70's.

"To Dublin Town they say that you have wandered
To joint the fight when hope was nearly gone.
And tho' at last they say you have surrendered
I know the cause you still will carry on.

Your face I see through eyes all dim with sorrow.
My heart is there where e're your footsteps go
And you are gone, but surely some tomorrow
You will come back tho' all the world says, "No!"

Goodwill,
Luke