Re: [Harp-L] Danny Boy



I thought "London Derriere" was written by Nigel "Fatboy" O'Riorden of Buffalo, N. Y.

Tom
On Jul 16, 2007, at 12:29 AM, Glenn Weiser wrote:

The authorship of "Danny Boy" is attributed to the Irish harper Blind Rory
O'Cahan, a nobleman of Ulster disposses of his land by the English around
1600. The tune was originally known as the "Lament for Ulster." An untitled
version in G was collected in 1845 by Irish ethnomusicoligist George Petrie
in County Derry. The lyrics, though came later: one set, "Londonderry Air,"
by Thomas Moore in the 1850s, and the, next, the famous "Danny Boy" lyrics,
by Fred Weatherly (gasp! an Englishman) in 1913.


Glenn Weiser





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