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WHO IS THE REAL AUTHOR OF DANNY BOY?

An upper class English barrister ravaged by the loss of his estranged son or a
tragic Irish-American woman who died alone with bitter memories?

 
During 1910, a year of tragedy in which his father and only son died, Fred
Weatherly wrote some verses for which frustratingly he could not find suitable
music until, in l912, he received, from a sister in law in America, the music of
the Londonderry air. With modifications, the 1910 words could be fitted to this
melody and Danny Boy was born.
 
Published in 1913, the song became rapidly popular. Anthony Mann is Fred’s
great-grandson. He wrote: “I soon realised that I knew very little about the
lives of Fred and his family; so I set out on some family research. It has been
an intriguing journey, touching on such diverse people and topics as W E
Gladstone, ballad concerts and silver fox farming. However, for lovers of Danny
boy, I can report a new account of the creation of the song, that of Margaret
Weatherly – the sister in law, whose husband worked in the silver mines in
Ouray, Colorado.”

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