What are the lyrics to Londonderry Air and does Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games national anthe
NORTHERN IRELAND are represented by almost 90 athletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
They are hoping to improve on their 12 medals from the Glasgow Games in 2014 which saw them win two golds in the boxing.
What are the lyrics to Londonderry Air?
Would God I were the tender apple blossom
That floats and falls from off the twisted bough
To lie and faint within your silken bosom
Within your silken bosom as that does now.
Or would I were a little burnish'd apple
For you to pluck me, gliding by so cold
While sun and shade you robe of lawn will dapple
Your robe of lawn, and you hair's spun gold.
Yea, would to God I were among the roses
That lean to kiss you as you float between
While on the lowest branch a bud uncloses
A bud uncloses, to touch you, queen.
Nay, since you will not love, would I were growing
A happy daisy, in the garden path
That so your silver foot might press me going
Might press me going even unto death.
Does Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games anthem have the same tune as Danny Boy?
The short answer is YES.
Whilst it is unknown when exactly the lyrics were put to Danny Boy, it is thought to back to 1913.
Londonderry Air came first, with the song written - untitled- by George Petrie in 1855.
Who is representing Northern Ireland on the Gold Coast?
NORTHERN IRELAND have taken 88 athletes to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
These include David Calvert, who is competing in his 11th Commonwealth Wales. He has won four gold and four bronze medals in previous Games.
Northern Ireland's medals are expected to come in the boxing, with 11 athletes representing their country.
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