"Danny Boy" is based on this traditional Irish tune popular in the 1850s
... "Danny Boy" was written by the English lawyer and lyricist Frederick ... An Irish 
folk ballad set during the Great Hunger (1845-1850), it tells the... [DOC] [TLE] Folk Music of Ireland - Contemplator [PAR] This is part of my Folk Music of England, Ireland, Ireland, Wales & America 
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