Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny'
s father and his sister.
Lyrics of Danny boy
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 flowers are falling
'
Tis you, '
tis 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 there
in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy,
I love you so
And when you come,
and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead,
as dead I may well be
Ye'
ll come and find
a place where I am lying
And kneel and say
an
