The Thing About Danny Boy 

  




  

    

      
By Colin McEnroe

      
Published: Jan 05, 2011

    

    

                   
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	"Danny Boy" was performed twice Wednesday during Dannel Malloy's inaugural ceremonies. Malloy's wife Cathy requested it for sentimental reasons.



	The song's lyrics are slightly dreary, as opposed celebratory.



	And the man who wrote it was English, not Irish. 

    



  
 
  

    

      

                        
              

            

 
        

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