Danny Boy - Sinéad O'Connor, 1993

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  • @katiehanna90
    @katiehanna90 Рік тому +2760

    A woman with a voice like no other. Rest in peace.

  • @paulalexander5358
    @paulalexander5358 9 місяців тому +157

    NOT MANY SINGERS CAN MATCH THIS PURE TALENT...

    • @RoderBrent
      @RoderBrent Місяць тому +2

      Try the Tom Jones version from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in 1967. He holds the record.

  • @robinross3183
    @robinross3183 Рік тому +222

    I am 65 yrs old...never heard this beautiful young lady before...busy getting ready for a ball game....but then this voice! It stopped me....I just stopped and listened... I felt the music! I found myself with tears... her voice,and heart and strength... I will never forget this moment...or her.

    • @harry8016
      @harry8016 9 місяців тому +6

      Well, I am 63, and she was part of my life the last 24 years ... on which planet have you been all those years? ;-)

    • @Beer_Dad1975
      @Beer_Dad1975 8 місяців тому +8

      Sadly her music is seen as anti-euro now. It's all about how woke you can be now.

    • @jdlaycock530
      @jdlaycock530 8 місяців тому +10

      Her voice was epic her life a tragedy

    • @amym5121
      @amym5121 8 місяців тому +11

      Please listen to her first album called The Lion and the Cobra. It will move you.

    • @sandrasmith7091
      @sandrasmith7091 8 місяців тому +8

      She's amazing. This was 30 years ago. Beautiful soft voice. Has more meaning for me now that's She's gone.

  • @davidtouma4878
    @davidtouma4878 Рік тому +1043

    She is not just singing. She is feeling the song. She is music. Rest In Peace. ❤

    • @irenasenecic2070
      @irenasenecic2070 Рік тому +5

      Can you tell me what about is song?

    • @davidtouma4878
      @davidtouma4878 Рік тому +15

      ⁠@@irenasenecic2070the song dates back to 1910. The most common belief is that the song is a parent message to a son going to war who might not return alive.

    • @peejayarr2323
      @peejayarr2323 Рік тому +10

      You’re so right…
      She is the music and always will be in my heart

    • @HarryOsirian
      @HarryOsirian Рік тому

      😟@@davidtouma4878

    • @carolrixon7830
      @carolrixon7830 Рік тому +7

      A beautiful fragile human being

  • @woody1380
    @woody1380 7 років тому +2931

    She sounds so fragile that you think her voice will break at any moment but it doesn't. To sing so softly but with such control is just incredible. This is truly the most beautiful rendition of Danny Boy I've ever heard.

    • @queilamellowarpechowski4544
      @queilamellowarpechowski4544 2 роки тому

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    • @thomasotoole1653
      @thomasotoole1653 2 роки тому +20

      Joe Dolan is best she needs to know not to breathe into Mike

    • @woody1380
      @woody1380 2 роки тому +39

      @@thomasotoole1653 I like to hear that

    • @wattage2007
      @wattage2007 2 роки тому

      She’s a fraud. There’s nothing difficult or even slightly remarkable about her singing on this.

    • @RamonaMcKean
      @RamonaMcKean 2 роки тому +58

      @@thomasotoole1653 It's part of her style.

  • @colmohara6012
    @colmohara6012 Рік тому +987

    RIP Sinead. A voice of an angel.

  • @tooncutter5805
    @tooncutter5805 Рік тому +741

    Crying my eyes out listening to this on the day that the High Queen of Ireland left us. May you rest in eternal peace Sinéad.

  • @MoniqueGonzalez1212
    @MoniqueGonzalez1212 Рік тому +416

    Now... THAT was a PERFECT performance. Haunting, passionate, fragile, delicate, powerful and soulful. She held NOTHING back and made herself a conduit for transcendence. Prayers Sinéad

    • @SnoopyReads
      @SnoopyReads Рік тому

      Needs some autotune FR

    • @terri-b7492
      @terri-b7492 11 місяців тому +4

      @@SnoopyReadsoh shut up

    • @juliemathews600
      @juliemathews600 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@SnoopyReads where are you on what planet this proformance is amazing .natural beauty beauty the

    • @juliemathews600
      @juliemathews600 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@SnoopyReads where are you on what planet this proformance is amazing .natural beauty beauty the

    • @SnoopyReads
      @SnoopyReads 9 місяців тому

      @@juliemathews600 sarcasm...look it up

  • @KavaKavana
    @KavaKavana Рік тому +180

    Just pure and beautiful. Irelands golden child Rest in peace our beloved angel

    • @Sharon-kr1ui
      @Sharon-kr1ui 4 місяці тому +2

      Amen.

    • @paulmorgan6269
      @paulmorgan6269 4 місяці тому

      She supported the IRA. Go to hell.

    • @lauragood1478
      @lauragood1478 3 місяці тому +4

      Rest in peace, Sinead; you were a beautiful person with a gorgeous voice!

  • @Belzedar
    @Belzedar Рік тому +125

    That was the most memorable television I ever saw. Gay Byrne was so gentle and compassionate in his treatment of her. I really think it was on that night people really understood how fragile and beautiful a soul she was.

    • @leeleef
      @leeleef 7 місяців тому +12

      I grew up with Gay Byrne and the late late show, he made a few mistakes along the way, but I always loved his relationship with Sinead, he had great compassion for her

    • @UrsulaTron
      @UrsulaTron Місяць тому +2

      I thought he was an absolute pr*ck. Sinead was speaking out against the Church at the time - that's why he asked her to behave herself. I hated him putting her in a box before she performed.

    • @Teenytiny62
      @Teenytiny62 28 днів тому

      Yesss I was left thinking besides her making me feel every emotion possible but he was so gentle and respectful of her especially after she had the trouble in the states on snl. I feel like that had to feel a little bit at least special to her in that moment of this performance. At least I hope it did . She deserved that.

    • @Teenytiny62
      @Teenytiny62 28 днів тому

      @@UrsulaTronlet’s try to think of it as him being cheeky, and in hindsight he knew so if he was being a prick his conscience eventually took care of things. I hope she felt appreciated and validated in that moment though.

  • @billofrightsamend4
    @billofrightsamend4 Рік тому +88

    My Great Grandfather's great grandfather was kidnapped as a child and taken to South Carolina. His name is Daniel. Every time I hear it I think of him. When he grew up he went and got his family before the potato famine got worse. He saved his family. I can never listen to this song without crying.

    • @Jlcaswell
      @Jlcaswell 11 місяців тому +3

      That’s beautiful

    • @Poppyseed_muffin
      @Poppyseed_muffin 10 місяців тому +2

      ❤❤❤

    • @eleanorwalmsley635
      @eleanorwalmsley635 Місяць тому

      The things you find out from real people and their lives in the comments.
      Just amazing 💖

  • @sallyire1
    @sallyire1 Рік тому +738

    What a voice. Not many singers today can take the stage with nothing but their voice and a mic.

  • @michaelmccauley648
    @michaelmccauley648 3 роки тому +1251

    Say what you will about the path her life has taken, that is the most hauntingly beautiful version of this I’ve ever heard. No accompaniment, no histrionics, no fireworks... just a truly heart wrenching rendition of one of the saddest songs ever.

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 роки тому

      Her son just died after leaving a mental health facility or something tragic

    • @damienconlon4352
      @damienconlon4352 2 роки тому +25

      well said michael

    • @thanareda2351
      @thanareda2351 2 роки тому +55

      She is a great artist, great mother, and great human being. She has gone through the ups and downs of life with her head held high. Just refusing to use her body to climb up the ladder of so-called success is admirable.

    • @queilamellowarpechowski4544
      @queilamellowarpechowski4544 2 роки тому

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    • @tompoynton
      @tompoynton 2 роки тому +49

      I will say nothing on the path her life has taken, it’s her life and hers alone

  • @rdhawke
    @rdhawke 10 місяців тому +14

    Just....beautiful. So sad of a loss...

  • @drewby613
    @drewby613 2 роки тому +900

    That was a courageous performance. To sing that with no accompaniment, all alone with those long and sometimes perilously high notes, AND no vibrato to cover up any pitch issues--it doesn't get anymore challenging than that. And what a stunning result. Where has this been all my life?

    • @bigassdummy46
      @bigassdummy46 2 роки тому +28

      suppressed by the church

    • @drewby613
      @drewby613 2 роки тому +8

      @@bigassdummy46 😂 Nah, the Catholic Church doesn't have any pull with UA-cam. UA-cam resolutely blocks pro-life entities.

    • @samgutierrez335
      @samgutierrez335 2 роки тому +12

      But she did use some vibrato. She just doesn’t do it regularly.

    • @bradhurd6097
      @bradhurd6097 2 роки тому +6

      You are not Irish I guess.

    • @drewby613
      @drewby613 2 роки тому +3

      @@bradhurd6097 I'm Scots-Irish, so I guess that means no.

  • @shattered115
    @shattered115 Рік тому +986

    What a pure voice. Acapella, Live, no auto-tune. Pure talent, RIP Sister

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 Рік тому +16

      I don't know if anyone could pull that off like she did! But, of course, she shared her soul....every bit of it and what a brave one she was.

    • @jmc8076
      @jmc8076 Рік тому +10

      @@sharonaumani8827
      So true. Hopefully one day humans will grow up and earth will rise up to meet and embrace such souls as her.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 Рік тому +5

      @@jmc8076 beautifully put.

  • @terryhenson3350
    @terryhenson3350 Рік тому +32

    Beautiful eyes. Unbelievable voice!!

  • @allisonlowehuff1094
    @allisonlowehuff1094 Рік тому +381

    Bless her heart. She was such a rare talent. May she rest in peace.

  • @Martin.Wilson
    @Martin.Wilson Рік тому +129

    Grew up in an Irish family and in 70 yrs, I've been to more than a few wakes. The one thing they all had in common was that at some point, 30-40 Irishmen, worse the wear for drink, would gather around the deceased and sing this song with tears running down their faces. Suaimhneas Síoraí, Sinead.

    • @annhurt8181
      @annhurt8181 8 місяців тому +3

      Myself the same irish men are sad .....xx

    • @jlholmes8
      @jlholmes8 Місяць тому

      @@annhurt8181 It is one of the few times we let it show. I've learned why my father was the wake/funeral coordinator in the past few years. Distraction until we don't have to be the stong ones.

  • @realcapitalist1462
    @realcapitalist1462 Рік тому +383

    I just can't believe what I've just heard about Sinead. Why is life so unfair? So talented and so utterly beautiful.

    • @zurinaismail8329
      @zurinaismail8329 Рік тому +11

      God love her more & HE deserve to have her back🥰‼️

    • @ShirinAyhan
      @ShirinAyhan Рік тому +5

      That is the nature of existence. To God will shall return, but we must return perfect, not tarnished

    • @1CW362
      @1CW362 Рік тому +6

      ​@@ShirinAyhannone not one of us will return perfect, the perfection takes place when we get there

    • @ShirinAyhan
      @ShirinAyhan Рік тому +4

      @1CW362 we can strive for perfection, that is the essence of spiritualty. Purification of the self, fasting, praying, giving charity, repenting and turning to God, the life with have on earth is the only opportunity to perfect the self as much as possible. Then what is the point of life if not that?

    • @Moonmagiclynn18
      @Moonmagiclynn18 Рік тому +2

      @@ShirinAyhanno such thing as perfect that's just an illusion ... it is as it is ... the end

  • @famousgrouse1966
    @famousgrouse1966 Рік тому +191

    I have no words to describe how beautiful this is

  • @RayPeche-sz1hl
    @RayPeche-sz1hl 10 місяців тому +54

    What a lovely voice. Gone but not forgotten RIP. Happy St Pat's weekend.🍀🍀🍀🍀🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

  • @m.ericwatson968
    @m.ericwatson968 Рік тому +482

    This is a deeply powerful song, and she is trembling, yet she has such poise and grace, she does not let up...Sinead is the voice of courage and strength in the face of fear and doubt. RIP Dear Angel

    • @bernadettemorgan2373
      @bernadettemorgan2373 Рік тому +21

      Such a beautiful rendition, and so haunting. I cried my eyes out after listening to dear Sinea.d. rest in peace you beautiful angel. You are in Heaven now, and SAFE FROM ALL HARM.

    • @ritalowrie1296
      @ritalowrie1296 Рік тому +20

      I can also hear the trembling in her voice. I don’t think I could have sung this song without crying. So beautiful 😢

    • @andrewgrant5357
      @andrewgrant5357 Рік тому +2

      Beautiful words.

  • @23Dakini
    @23Dakini Рік тому +503

    Rest In Peace Sinead.
    You had the voice of an Angel.
    😢 🕯🕊

    • @dolores.t.hodgkins3140
      @dolores.t.hodgkins3140 Рік тому +3

      🙏💜🌿

    • @tomsmith2013
      @tomsmith2013 Рік тому +2

      @techrecycle4u You still haven't.

    • @martinotoole4097
      @martinotoole4097 Рік тому +1

      @@tomsmith2013 Well said Tom.

    • @tomsmith2013
      @tomsmith2013 Рік тому +1

      @techrecycle4u Well, than should I put you on the "ignorance is bliss" side?😏

    • @martinotoole4097
      @martinotoole4097 Рік тому

      @@tomsmith2013 this is one you will never win brother. If the tragedy of death doesn't move him, what chance have you Tom. Kind regards Martin.

  • @miketurek3074
    @miketurek3074 Рік тому +25

    Brings me to tears.

  • @katiehopkins3469
    @katiehopkins3469 Рік тому +561

    She and my brother left this world the same day. This hits in the saddest, most beautiful way. Rest easy, sweet strong souls. Thank you for gracing us with your existence.

    • @asong4thedead
      @asong4thedead Рік тому +21

      I'm so sorry for your loss ❤

    • @johncuny1451
      @johncuny1451 Рік тому +15

      Life is so precious memories are a gift. Moments of your past will now be your strength in the future. I’m sorry for your loss

    • @ac1646
      @ac1646 Рік тому +9

      I'm sorry for your loss 😔

    • @jimxmo
      @jimxmo Рік тому +10

      So sorry for your loss 😢

    • @susie1216
      @susie1216 Рік тому +9

      I'm sorry for your losses on the same sad day. May God bless you.

  • @rosyvision
    @rosyvision Рік тому +480

    Such a beautiful, angelic voice... 😢 So sad she had to go through such a hard upbringing and didn't receive the love she needed from her mother but all of the nation could see her worth and loved her very much. She will also never be forgotten.. R.I.P Sinead. 😟 💔

    • @dolores.t.hodgkins3140
      @dolores.t.hodgkins3140 Рік тому +5

      🙏💜🌿

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu Рік тому +13

      Not just the nation.

    • @nicolegauthier1824
      @nicolegauthier1824 Рік тому +5

      Such a great voice, beautiful human being. Thank you for sharing your gift. You will be missed 💔🙏

    • @lindadrell9748
      @lindadrell9748 Рік тому +1

      @@nicolegauthier1824 hi

    • @blue4democracy
      @blue4democracy Рік тому +3

      Incredible... her music, her voice, her heart, her passion, her love for her children, her soul... I miss her already

  • @MaxGudmundson
    @MaxGudmundson 18 днів тому +3

    May God Bless and Keep You!

  • @liammize3765
    @liammize3765 2 роки тому +1971

    Hearing her sing this now is even more heartbreaking as she's lost her son Shane to suicide recently. I hereby dedicate this to Shane. May he be at peace.

    • @lawrencetaylor4101
      @lawrencetaylor4101 2 роки тому +48

      Condoléances. I did not know.

    • @SAHB
      @SAHB 2 роки тому +19

      Me too I didn't know but I never look on some one else's Los

    • @captainmoonlight768
      @captainmoonlight768 2 роки тому +29

      God bless hos soul

    • @tillystorr6012
      @tillystorr6012 2 роки тому +41

      Devastated when Shane was lost. Think about it a lot and hope Sinead's faith is helping her through. Love her.

    • @andyking8406
      @andyking8406 2 роки тому +25

      Go in peace, Shane.

  • @stephenspencer4672
    @stephenspencer4672 Рік тому +345

    She sang with an uncommon strength but was able to convey fragility and vulnerability as well. We'll really miss this one.😢❤

    • @booboo61
      @booboo61 Рік тому +5

      100% agree 😢❤

    • @mducker1
      @mducker1 Рік тому +10

      What a loss.
      “For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
      And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!”

    • @vals74
      @vals74 Рік тому +8

      Strange how people fail to acknowledge the talent a person possesses until they are gone! That’s the shame.❤️‍🩹

    • @LESBIANANDAUTISTIC
      @LESBIANANDAUTISTIC Рік тому +3

      Exactly!

    • @nancyconca9892
      @nancyconca9892 Рік тому +2

      Such a beautiful person and voice🍀💚 A tremendous loss - May she rest in eternal peace 🙏😢🎶💚🍀

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 2 роки тому +347

    That was not a vibrato in her voice, that was the power of her emotions.
    I've never heard this version, all I can say is WOW.

    • @lawrencetaylor4101
      @lawrencetaylor4101 2 роки тому +3

      @Brendy Mest Amazing control under the circumstances.

    • @yorkshirerose2636
      @yorkshirerose2636 2 роки тому +2

      the last verse ruins it

    • @karolynpolite4658
      @karolynpolite4658 2 роки тому +12

      @@yorkshirerose2636 the last verse is bold, and fearless in the way it speaks to the times. It’s a protest song… she said what she said.

    • @JoeKoOhNo
      @JoeKoOhNo Рік тому +1

      I think she kinda chickened out emotionally which is why she whispered.

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 Рік тому

      ​@@yorkshirerose2636why?

  • @stefanie2130
    @stefanie2130 Рік тому +275

    You can hear the magic of Eire in her voice. Rest in peace beautiful Irish Angel!

    • @checkandraise1
      @checkandraise1 Рік тому +2

      a magic indeed!
      another soul lost to the Earth, though ascension to Heaven insured.

    • @stanleyjohnstone2867
      @stanleyjohnstone2867 Рік тому +3

      You can also hear the sadness of so many people. I had the benefit of a Marist education I’ll never forget.

  • @ukporkpie7829
    @ukporkpie7829 Рік тому +25

    That is the demonstration of absolute vocal perfection. No music to hide anything. Just wow

  • @helenahealy5744
    @helenahealy5744 Рік тому +209

    The world has lost a beautiful person and was not always kind to her .Rest in peace Sinead ,at rest now with your son .

    • @jamesbradshaw3389
      @jamesbradshaw3389 Рік тому +3

      Yes the world lot a beautiful earth angle and now Heaven is shining brights because of the arrival of Sinead, No I can not agree with you when you say that the world always not always kind to her as that goes for most people during their lives, almost all of the people loved Sinead all of the time, they made up their own minds and they knew her very well, she was their dear friend even though they may never have met her

    • @alisonfayers-kerr9089
      @alisonfayers-kerr9089 Рік тому +2

      There’s time for us to learn, and to act.

    • @elizabethmchugh560
      @elizabethmchugh560 Рік тому +5

      This performance is absolutely beautiful her voice was amazing may she rest in peace sending love and hope always

    • @cl5193
      @cl5193 Рік тому

      Her family was not kind to her. She blamed everyone else and shook her fist at God. May God have mercy on her soul.

  • @sailingfabule1805
    @sailingfabule1805 Рік тому +260

    And she sings it a capella, without a band. She gives me goosebumps and tears of joy. Thank you Madam O’Connors.

    • @Bobbb-f3i
      @Bobbb-f3i 11 місяців тому

      I'd only ever heard nothing compares 2 I and she had an amazing voice on that but never heard her again. Just heard this and her singing Molly Malone and wow

    • @yvonne3403
      @yvonne3403 11 місяців тому

      Me too live in Seattle

  • @mikemack9701
    @mikemack9701 2 роки тому +192

    Damn the pop culture that didn't protect and cherish this woman. One of the greatest singers ever. Hell. She makes music of breathing.

    • @richardplume3212
      @richardplume3212 6 місяців тому

      Agree the enemy within go straight to hell people

  • @gracielarojas3200
    @gracielarojas3200 Рік тому +9

    WOW and WHOA 😮😢😮😢😮. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. R.I.P. SINEAD.

  • @nilsnilsson8582
    @nilsnilsson8582 2 роки тому +145

    Do anyone think as me, that this kind of voice and singing, can bring Peace to Earth? I believe so.
    Peace to all on this Earth!

  • @julieatwood2938
    @julieatwood2938 Рік тому +151

    The troubles in Ireland were still going on when she did this performance, plus she'd already lost her mother, so there was plenty of emotion for her to draw upon, I'm sure. I'd never seen it before, and I've got goosebumps and a lump in my throat. I don't think anyone else will ever do that song justice again.

    • @janeocc
      @janeocc Рік тому +14

      Sinead's version is truly beautiful, but I would challenge you to find an Irish person (who can hold a tune), who wouldn't sing this song just like this at a gathering. Irish people grew up hearing people sing this song just like Sinead did. It's part of our culture and heritage to sing in this sean nós style.

    • @donnazentek2573
      @donnazentek2573 Рік тому +3

      Her voice is the instrument.

    • @carlharrison5939
      @carlharrison5939 Рік тому

      ​@@janeoccThe girl has just left us for gods sake. Respect your sentiments, just perhaps not the timing. RIP Sinead you beautiful soul.

    • @kaylaireland3494
      @kaylaireland3494 Рік тому +2

      You do know how horrifically her mother abused her right?

    • @haughtongal
      @haughtongal Рік тому

      @@kaylaireland3494that is what I read the other day. It was awful. That is the reason she lashed out at the Pope. Her mother idolized the pope and ….well …I won’t get into that here

  • @martinuglow116
    @martinuglow116 Рік тому +11

    Perfection. The voice of an angel.

  • @davidroga6508
    @davidroga6508 2 роки тому +166

    Only Sinead can do this. She sings so poignantly yet so powerfully. The most powerful version I’ve ever heard.

  • @bluereef2611
    @bluereef2611 3 роки тому +223

    Her single soft voice, no instrument, absolutely beautiful

  • @danielomalley4394
    @danielomalley4394 2 роки тому +116

    The most beautiful and touching I’ve heard in my lifetime, and I’m near 70 years of age…

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg 2 роки тому +5

      She also did the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi acapella. She sang it at the service for the 9/11 victims. I was driving to church & I was balling so hard I had to pull off the freeway because I could barely see for the tears in my eyes. It is definately a much needed to hear song.

    • @SAHB
      @SAHB 2 роки тому +4

      Me too she is really meaning it but better than that with love

    • @SAHB
      @SAHB 2 роки тому +4

      I'm in tears now

  • @havanese37
    @havanese37 2 роки тому +311

    Not many singers have the guts to sing a’capella like that in front of an audience, that’s one of the hardest songs to sing even with music and backup singers. My hat 🎩 off to you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well done!!

    • @yorkshirerose2636
      @yorkshirerose2636 2 роки тому +3

      I agree but she spoils her beautiful voice/ face with controversy

    • @SandfordSmythe
      @SandfordSmythe Рік тому

      @@yorkshirerose2636 The psychiatric illness came with package.

    • @janeocc
      @janeocc Рік тому +2

      If you attend a party anywhere in Ireland, ever, that ends in a sing-song, or starts with a sing song, you would hear many Irish men and women sing this song just as Sinead did. It's our heritage to sing this way. Look up Sean-Nós singing.

    • @ujfalusik1
      @ujfalusik1 Рік тому +1

      @@yorkshirerose2636 no, she remained clean. can you not see that?

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 Рік тому +2

      @@yorkshirerose2636I think that was her standing.
      She was not her just to be pretty and pleasant.
      She fought for those who didn’t have her voice.

  • @tobiasmeinecke6144
    @tobiasmeinecke6144 3 місяці тому +30

    I will never fall out of love of Sinnead. It pains me every time I think how her life was such a heavy lift for her.

  • @gabrielkorsa9738
    @gabrielkorsa9738 2 роки тому +339

    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
    And 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
    And I am dead,
    as dead I may well be
    You come and find
    a place where I am lying
    And kneel and say
    an "Ave" there for me
    And I will hear,
    though soft your tread above me
    And all my grave
    Will warmer sweeter be
    And you will bend
    and tell me that you love me
    And I will sleep
    in peace until you come to me
    But if I live
    and should you die for Ireland
    Let not your dying thoughts
    be just of me
    But say a prayer to God
    for our dearest Island
    I know she hear
    and help to set her free

    • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567
      @lorettanericcio-bohlman567 2 роки тому +19

      Thank you

    • @jameshudson169
      @jameshudson169 2 роки тому +8

      she's a nationalist then?

    • @nyrockchicxx
      @nyrockchicxx 2 роки тому +17

      I never knew much more than the 1st verse or two so thank you for this.

    • @jameshudson169
      @jameshudson169 2 роки тому +5

      @@nyrockchicxx i think maybe she made up her own verses.

    • @kenlieberman4215
      @kenlieberman4215 2 роки тому

      @@jameshudson169 The bagpipes originally used only for warfare, to call and direct troops.

  • @FynyeFynye
    @FynyeFynye Рік тому +7

    Such a beautiful woman with a most beautiful voice

  • @VocalVirgo
    @VocalVirgo Рік тому +395

    Her voice sounds like it was isolated off of a recording, and then autotuned to perfection. That’s how good she is. I mean, she is totally exposed and singing acappella… You can hear the breathiness in her voice and her breaths. One of the most underrated voices out there.

    • @azadrasheed497
      @azadrasheed497 Рік тому +21

      Underrated by whom?

    • @gerardquinn6637
      @gerardquinn6637 Рік тому +8

      @@azadrasheed497 EXACTLY. NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. PERFECT REALY. DOWN THE ROAD SHE WAS TORTURED BY MENTAL ILLNESS.HEARTBREAKING. LIFE CAN BE VERY CRUEL. THAT IS JUST A FACT.

    • @holybigbang
      @holybigbang Рік тому +4

      @@azadrasheed497 that's what i thought. to many people are walking and talking advertisements. i usually regret reading comments

    • @ckp2ator389
      @ckp2ator389 Рік тому +6

      Brilliant rendition. I wasn't expecting it to be acappella. You can hear every word as well, first time I've paid close attention to the song apart from the chorus.

  • @Sassafrass-qh8po
    @Sassafrass-qh8po Рік тому +78

    Only Sinead can rock 'Oh Danny Boy'. All my love to her spirit. RIP

  • @SnL-2012
    @SnL-2012 Рік тому +20

    We played this version, by Sinead at my dad’s funeral.. so beautiful. ❤

    • @leonardklein9960
      @leonardklein9960 10 місяців тому

      Its a beautiful song my dear

    • @leonardklein9960
      @leonardklein9960 10 місяців тому +1

      I feel your pain. Allow yourself to get there. Music is the only way we get through the grief of loss. I lost the love of my life. Our shared love of music helps me cope in an unfamiliar world ❤

  • @rgfreese
    @rgfreese Рік тому +133

    Such a hauntingly beautiful rendition. RIP Sinéad. You were a shooting star that burned oh so bright, but oh too short❤

  • @TheDeafNomad.
    @TheDeafNomad. Рік тому +209

    Such an icon. She inspired me to be myself when I was a kid. I'm Deaf now but feel so incredibly lucky to have heard her powerful and angelic voice. No one can rock a bald head like Sinead. Rest in peace, Queen. ❤

    • @burpie3258
      @burpie3258 Рік тому

      May I know how you became deaf?

    • @MARYANNE269
      @MARYANNE269 Рік тому +2

      All the best to you xx

    • @julieemery8963
      @julieemery8963 Рік тому +4

      She had a beautiful face so the short hair really suited her💗😊

    • @sophiaimani
      @sophiaimani Рік тому +2

    • @ChristopherBonham-v6n
      @ChristopherBonham-v6n Рік тому +4

      I'm so happy u were able to hear such beauty before u lost your hearing, God bless

  • @vickyfarmer1176
    @vickyfarmer1176 Рік тому +2

    Such a heart wrenching x x

  • @roncarpenter7240
    @roncarpenter7240 Рік тому +49

    Only someone who has suffered great pain could sing with such feeling.

    • @tomdaly4188
      @tomdaly4188 2 місяці тому

      She carried pain of our people - our nation

  • @alexasaltz4229
    @alexasaltz4229 2 роки тому +401

    I don't care about all the bullshit that has been put upon this incredible woman. Sinead has a voice that could make angels weep. This is amazing!!!
    Sinead is gone, so is all her sorrows. I bet she now leads Heaven's angels in song. RIP 😭

  • @brianSalem541
    @brianSalem541 Рік тому +3

    Oh my I'm in tears it's beautiful

  • @norahsearle7237
    @norahsearle7237 Рік тому +195

    Everything this lady sings gives me shivers !Rest in peace Sinead 🕊.you’ll be so greatly missed .Thank you for being you 🙏🏻.

  • @seand2894
    @seand2894 Рік тому +132

    The most beautiful rendition of Danny Boy ever recorded. Sinead, your beautiful soul and voice will be surely missed. Rest peacefully.

    • @cbrasure925
      @cbrasure925 Рік тому +1

      Agreed! I've heard so many different versions of "Danny Boy" in my 44 years and this one truly captures the love, heartbreak, anguish and hope to be reunited in the afterlife. I always knew the words but Sinead's rendition of it makes you feel it. Breathtaking and ethereal.

  • @morrisyarnell6083
    @morrisyarnell6083 5 місяців тому +16

    Can't hear that melody without crying. She voices it like a continuous flow of honey.

  • @cazb877
    @cazb877 Рік тому +115

    The voice of an Angel, the heavenly choir will be singing an even more beautiful song now. Rest in peace Sinead 💚 xxx

  • @95KIPPIE
    @95KIPPIE Рік тому +176

    This is very haunting to hear knowing that she’s passed recently. It kind of brings it all home. Rest in peace Sinead, I admire you greatly!!

  • @rachelsellers7708
    @rachelsellers7708 Рік тому +6

    Timeless and so beautiful!

  • @dereklucero5785
    @dereklucero5785 Рік тому +25

    Rip. She was beautiful and her voice was heavenly. New Mexico USA

  • @chrisconnor8086
    @chrisconnor8086 Рік тому +58

    The way she sways her self back and forth at the end of the song in order to control her voice while she is on the edge of crying is so beautiful

  • @sedwards2207
    @sedwards2207 Рік тому +8

    Extraordinarily beautiful and extraordinarily talented. RIP Sinead.

  • @kathleendavey-w5e
    @kathleendavey-w5e 16 днів тому +3

    Beautiful soul she was

  • @crispybits3765
    @crispybits3765 Рік тому +30

    She was so so beautiful, she really was. RIP beautiful girl.

  • @robynguinn8941
    @robynguinn8941 2 роки тому +100

    have never heard and will never hear another voice like hers again, she was exceptional and the one time I saw her live I cried like a baby, it was so emotional.

  • @pamjohnson-mi3bq
    @pamjohnson-mi3bq Рік тому +11

    Absolutely beautiful may she be resting in peace 😔❤️

  • @kendobono9512
    @kendobono9512 Рік тому +60

    My son Danny left this earthly plane on 17 December 2007 age 25....Rest in Peace son and also to his brother Gareth in 1982 aged 23 months...
    To Sinead and her son Rest In Peace 🙏🙏🙏

    • @batard2001
      @batard2001 Рік тому +2

      GOD love you all

    • @brunosoccard4389
      @brunosoccard4389 8 місяців тому +1

      Vous devez bien vous marrer en voyant tout ça avec les commentaires....

    • @shayleeledevre6401
      @shayleeledevre6401 5 місяців тому

      God bless you 🙏🏻 May your precious boys RIP 🙏🏻 💙❤️‍🩹💙

  • @whosaidwhat8704
    @whosaidwhat8704 2 роки тому +118

    I've always loved this song, but have never heard it sung so emotionally and beautifully. She was entrancing - you could have heard a pin drop in that room.

  • @tonyhawkes2040
    @tonyhawkes2040 Місяць тому +3

    Oh Sinead..♥️♥️🍀

  • @seanmckee2296
    @seanmckee2296 Рік тому +99

    A voice like no other....
    Tears tripping me here!
    What a woman ,what a voice!
    Let's remember how talented and beautiful she was!
    God bless ya Sinead!
    R.I.P.

  • @ianrmacdougall3875
    @ianrmacdougall3875 2 роки тому +76

    Truly a legacy of the sounds of an Irish woman, so steeped in a bloody history of adopted painful history, hauntingly beautiful. I had a friend when I was young a Liverpudlian "scouse" who when he was drunk he would sing like Rod Stewart, Danny Boy and Molly Malone, he used to be a seaman and wore a Pork Pie hat had a boxers nose spread across his face, frequently drank too much and would win fights using the Liverpool kiss, a dangerous head butt, but when he sang he was like a angel, his name was Billy Bell. He once told me the Irish Granmothers would sing them songs to the kids.

  • @williampatrickfagan7590
    @williampatrickfagan7590 Рік тому +5

    Takes class and talent to sing into a microphone without music
    you here the star every word omd every breath she takes.
    May she rest easy now with her beloved son.

  • @dennisdjy
    @dennisdjy 2 роки тому +118

    I'm lucky i got to hear her singing in my lifetime. A beauty beyond the pain of existence is her voice. My word. She never ceases to amaze. May she find solace from her pain.

  • @Ryan-td3td
    @Ryan-td3td 2 роки тому +42

    Incredible. The most beautiful and saddest version I've ever heard.

  • @harryhughes4423
    @harryhughes4423 Рік тому +8

    Still obsessed with this woman. Sinead was one in a million, that's for sure. A talent so precious that so many people, including me, didn't fully appreciate until after she was gone. Why does that happen so often? It's tragic.

  • @anjou6497
    @anjou6497 Рік тому +109

    I think her drawing breath on the microphone adds to it. Her raw, powerful , delicate voice was unique. Great rendition of a heartbreaking classic song. 👍🧡🌱💜

  • @Lucy-bg3sg
    @Lucy-bg3sg Рік тому +48

    Sinèad showed us that there is incredible strength in vulnerability - one does not cancel out the other❤️

  • @boudica4470
    @boudica4470 Рік тому +16

    First time I've heard this. Beautiful.
    Singing from her soul.
    No drama.
    Not suffering anymore. In peaceful sleep Sinead x

  • @jitters458
    @jitters458 Рік тому +128

    It's a crime we are all rediscovering her talent now, this song by her is beyond words.

  • @daneades8983
    @daneades8983 2 роки тому +156

    Sinead sings the words of the song directly to Danny Boy with the complete conviction that he loves her and she loves him. We overhear the words she sings to Danny. Therein lies the power of this version. Most versions of this song treat the song as a song that should be performed for an audience. But Sinead, of course, has the perfect voice and the perfect intonation to create the perfect version of this famous song. The audience, who has heard versions of this song all their lives, are clearly aware of the gift they have received.

    • @js70371
      @js70371 2 роки тому +8

      You are a poet yourself with such words my friend. Bravo from Canada.
      🇨🇦❤️🇮🇪🙏🍻

    • @marywenzel3199
      @marywenzel3199 Рік тому +3

      I’d heard Danny Boy many many times and assumed it was a love song. It is a love song-from a father to a son who’s gone to war, which is why it’s a standard in the tenor repertoire. Sinead’s lovely fragile version was unknown to me before now. That slip of a girl is gone just as Danny is gone. ☘️

    • @theresanolan1157
      @theresanolan1157 Рік тому +1

      @@marywenzel3199 It most certainly is a love song and also a love song to Irelands freedom.... last few lines...

    • @marywenzel3199
      @marywenzel3199 Рік тому

      @@theresanolan1157 Yes, it’s a love song from a father to son and a man to his country-it was not intended as a romantic song about a girl singing to her boyfriend named Danny.

  • @marjet2228
    @marjet2228 9 днів тому +1

    Goose bumps…. Really magnificent

  • @dtzjones7632
    @dtzjones7632 6 років тому +110

    I dont no how Sinéad holds it together without crying her voice is like a whisper. So hard to sing
    like that her voice control is amazing she's so beautiful her eyes are stunning 🙏

    • @MC-in8mc
      @MC-in8mc 2 роки тому +4

      @dtz jones. Her eyes so sad

  • @belledecaucase
    @belledecaucase 2 роки тому +82

    Beautiful voice. May her mind be at peace with herself and the world. ☮️

  • @ShamusMcShane
    @ShamusMcShane 16 днів тому +2

    Exactly as it’s meant to be sung ❤💔🙏🏼😭

  • @gregwarner3753
    @gregwarner3753 2 роки тому +56

    WE are blessed to have heard this angel sing this for us.
    Crying now.

  • @sspicer8377
    @sspicer8377 2 роки тому +40

    This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. The tears . Wow

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg 2 роки тому +4

      She also did the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi acapella. She sang it at the service for the 9/11 victims. I was driving to church & I was balling so hard I had to pull off the freeway because I could barely see for the tears in my eyes. It is definately something to hear.

  • @BubsyWubsy-nk8mw
    @BubsyWubsy-nk8mw Рік тому +3

    Crying at the beauty of that song, wonderful voice, loved it. XXXXX

  • @77funtomas
    @77funtomas Рік тому +12

    Will never forget these beautiful, smart, compassionate eyes😢

  • @RoySmiles100
    @RoySmiles100 Рік тому +18

    Don't think I've heard a better version EVER...! How underrated in this singer?! She's on another planet....

    • @harryhughes4423
      @harryhughes4423 Рік тому +3

      Wow....I have no words.....this woman is all of humanity in the purist form imaginable

    • @kikarobinson5494
      @kikarobinson5494 Рік тому

      I am speechless!

  • @justin-ol6is
    @justin-ol6is Рік тому +9

    hauntingly beautiful. There is no other voice that could bring this innocence, volatility and beauty to this song.

  • @che4568
    @che4568 Рік тому +31

    My Dad was called Danny we played a version of this song at his funeral, I found this tonight, they're both gone now but this song will live on for them in its own way. Tis you tis you...🎶💘

    • @corabernal6432
      @corabernal6432 6 місяців тому

      @@che4568 It is a very common song to be played at a funeral. I'm sure it was done well at your father's may he rest in peace 🙏

    • @stevegorman9106
      @stevegorman9106 2 місяці тому

      My brothers name is Danny, we were so close. I miss him so much.

  • @behave57
    @behave57 Рік тому +37

    My Dad used to sing this song to me .. Sinead O;Connor you did it best, RIP you songs will stay with us forever !😢

  • @scaredy-cat
    @scaredy-cat 11 місяців тому +6

    Beautifully sung by a very special artist ❤️

  • @IngeborgHawighorst
    @IngeborgHawighorst 2 роки тому +108

    She keeps perfect key throughout the song. Your typical choir will drop by at least a half tone during an a capella song that long. Her pitch is the same at the end as at the beginning. Amazing.

    • @georgecav
      @georgecav Рік тому +3

      So true… adds to the haunting beauty of the rendition

  • @joyceconroy9870
    @joyceconroy9870 Рік тому +77

    One of the most beautiful performances of the song. Sinead truly felt everything to the core. Such a pure and vulnerable performance. Eternal rest in God's arms.

    • @JefferyClifford-js8dj
      @JefferyClifford-js8dj Рік тому +1

      Hello Joyce, you’re looking very stunning and beautiful.. I really don’t mind if we become friends and share sweet feelings together..

  • @DonMcDiarmid-w4f
    @DonMcDiarmid-w4f 11 місяців тому +4

    I am crying to this - absolutely stunning. We did not deserve you, Sinead

  • @davidlloyd9598
    @davidlloyd9598 Рік тому +52

    When your soul sings. The purest of voices from an incredibly brave woman. No words can describe how these sung words affect you. She is singing from the heart to the heart. Silent and at peace now yet may your voice resonate with us mortals and continue to inspire. God bless.