The Dubliners - Donegal Danny - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

This song is about a man who was the only survivor when a fishing boat was destroyed in a storm. When he got back to shore he never went back to sea again and he became very melancholy and he just tramped around the roads of Donegal. Whenever he was having a few pints he would retell the whole story of the disaster over and over again. His name was Danny, so they called him Donegal Danny.

Capo 2-th fret

I[C] remember the night that[F] he walked[C] in

From the[F] wintry cold and[C] damp

A giant of a man in an[Am] oilskin coat

And a bundle that[F] told he was a[G] tramp

He[C] stood at the bar and he[F] called a[C] pint

Then[F] turned and gazed at the[C] fire

On a night like this to be[Am] safe and warm

Is my[F] one and only de[G]sire

[Chorus]

So[C] here's to those that are[F] dead and[C] gone

The friends that I loved[G] dear

And[C] here's to you the I'll[F] bid you a[C]dieu

Saying'[ Donegal[G] Danny's been[C] here me[Am] boys

[F]Donegal[G] Danny's been[C] here.

[2]

Then in a voice that was hushed and low

He said listen I'll tell you a tale

How a man of the sea became a man of the road

And never more will set sail

I fished out of Howth and Killybegs

Ardglass and Baltimore

But the cruel sea has beaten me

And I'll end me days on the shore

[3]

One faithful night in the wind and rain

We sat sail from Killybegs town

There were five of us from sweet Donegal

And one from County Down

We were fishermen who worked the sea

And never counted the cost

But we never thought when that night was gone

That my fine friends would be lost

[4]

Then the storm it broke and broke our boat

With the rocks about ten miles from shore

As we fought the tide,we hoped inside

To see our homes once more

Then we struck a rock and hold the bow

And all of us knew that she'd go down

So we jumped right into the icy sea

And prayed to God we wouldn't drown

[5]

But the raging sea was rising still

As we struck out for the land

And she fought with all her cruelty

To claim that gallant men

By Saint John's point in the early dawn

I dragged myself on to the shore

And I cursed the sea for what she'd done

And vowed to sail her never more

[6]

Ever since that night I've been on the road

Traveling and trying to forget

That awful night I lost all my friends

I see their faces yet

And often at night when the sea is high

And the rain is tearing at my skin

I hear the cries of drowning men

Floating over the sea

[Use chorus after every verse]