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...   [ piano ]   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