Hank Locklin - Danny Dear Lyrics

Daddy was a handsome lad close on seventeen

And every girl he met was mad to be Danny's queen

Danny dear oh Danny dear Danny don't be cold

Now's the time for loving dear not when we grow old



First came Kate and then came Sue and after her came Jane

And each girl in her turn would sing to Danny this refrain

Danny dear oh Danny dear...

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But Danny was the roving kind and he would not stay

In the arms of any girl even when she'd say

Danny dear oh Danny dear...



Then one day he met a girl as fair as any rose

And Danny's roving days were done for she made him propose

Aileen dear oh Aileen dear Aileen don't be cold

Now's the time for loving dear not when we grow old