I have here the sheet music for an arrangement of Danny Boy dated 1918 (first print 1913) which was printed by WH Paling & Co. Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
There are six pages, four of them are the actual music and the rest is advertising of other tunes in their catalogue.
I also found it interesting that the song has the legend ‘When sung by a man, the words in italics should be used’.
Underneath the first page header ‘Danny Boy’ there appears a secondary title ‘(Eily Dear)’. I have never heard anyone deviate from the words that I know, so I wonder if Mr.Weatherly’s ‘Eily Dear’ version ever caught on with anyone?
CWM, both the melody and the piano accompaniment are bog standard. The piano part mostly doubles the melody, and the chords are pretty much what you’d expect. The intro is a bit weird, though.
There’s no need to buy/sell it. The imageshack links above that Ceili_whistle_man kindly posted are still active. Just download the page images and print them out. With a publication date of 1918, this arrangement is likely long out of copyright.
The difference is mainly substituting the words “Eily Dear” for “Danny Boy”, as is indicated by alternate lyric lines. So you have it all here.
I am looking for the actual copy to do an Art piece with the music. The link to page 4 isn’t there anymore …I could print but it wouldn’t look as nice as the original because the resolution isn’t very good. I am naming my new baby Eily and this song is special to us so it would be really awesome to have the actual music. I also play the piano and sing so I love old music . I have tried to find this on e-bay but non of the copies have “Eily dear” as alternate lyrics. This copy does hence I would love to have it. If you are willing to sell I would really be grateful. Thank you
Ah, all right. And by “Art piece” I guess you mean a collage or something of the sort?
Again, I don’t own the sheet music. That’s the OP, Ceili_whistle_man, and I suppose you could ask him. That is, if he has the physical copy. From the library imprint stamp on the title page, it could be that he simply borrowed it and scanned it. In which case, maybe he could send you a higher resolution scan. That would be preferable anyway to doing anything to compromise the physical integrity of an antique or historical printed artifact by cutting it or such for a personal project. Good luck.
Sorry folks, I haven’t been checking my emails lately so I am a bit behind on this post.
I own the copy that I have posted photo links to.
A friend gave it to me many years ago.
When you say ‘art piece’ what would you intend doing with it?
…I could print but it wouldn’t look as nice as the original because the resolution isn’t very good. I am naming my new baby Eily and this song is special to us so it would be really awesome to have the actual music. I also play the piano and sing so I love old music 
