1Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are callingFrom glen to glen, and down the mountain side,The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling,It’s you, it’s 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,It’s I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow,Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy, I love you so!
2But when ye come, and all the flow’rs are dying,If I am dead, as dead I well may be,Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying,And kneel and say an Ave there for me;And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,For you will bend and tell me that you love me,And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
Text from archive.org. Public domain in the US and UK.
The song is popular at funerals, though the National Catholic Reporter wrote in 2001 that it cannot be played during a Mass. (source)
Where it comes in the service
In a Church of England funeral hymns may be sung at any suitable point; the Church's own step-by-step guide places one once everyone has gathered and another after the prayers. At a Catholic funeral Mass there is an entrance song, Communion hymns and a closing hymn at the procession.
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Danny Boy is in the public domain in the United States (first published 1913) and in the United Kingdom (author died 1929), so the words can be printed in a booklet without permission or a fee.
Printed here as in the source, except: Read from the words printed under the vocal line of the score (the OCR text of this item does not capture them); the line division follows the musical phrases.