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Norsk Reinländer
On February 4, 1685
Charles II died and James VII was crowned. James's Catholicism created a revival of the religious conflicts that had plagued the previous century.
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Danny Boy
(Fred F Weatherley)
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 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
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny Boy, Oh, Danny Boy I love you so

But when ye come and all the flowers 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
This song was published in the George Petrie Collection. The most popular version was written by Fred F. Weatherley (1848 - 1929).
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