'Danny Boy' thrown out of New York bar


	'Danny Boy' thrown out of New York bar

Newfman

3-6-2008 9:52 AM

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The song is "all right, but I get fed up with hearing it -- it's like the elections," Martin Gaffney, 73, said in a thick Irish brogue.

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3-6-2008 9:05 PM

syncopath

i don't know about this pub but that's a great song.
at least 3 great unique & very different versions i know of:
Elvis Presley, Diana Krall, and Night Ark (piano & oud).

3-7-2008 5:07 PM

carrerinyes

I'm for the song too. This guy is giving us Blarney for publicity. It's working well for him!

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