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

Danny don't be cold

Now's the time for loving dear

Not when we grow old.

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

Danny don't be cold

Now's the time for loving dear

Not when we grow old.

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...