WHEN LOVE FINDS ITS VOICE: DANIEL AND MAJELLA O’DONNELL’S “HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY”
There are performances that dazzle — and then there are those that simply touch the soul. When Daniel O’Donnell and his wife Majella sing “Have I Told You Lately,” it feels as though the world takes a collective breath. There’s no artifice, no spectacle — just two hearts speaking softly in harmony, letting time fall away.
For Daniel, whose music has always carried the warmth of sincerity, this song becomes something deeply personal. His voice — calm, steady, and full of quiet devotion — feels like home. When Majella joins him, her harmony doesn’t compete; it completes. Together, they transform Van Morrison’s classic ballad into something that sounds less like a performance and more like a conversation between two souls who have weathered every season together.
You can hear the years between the notes — the laughter shared, the hardships endured, the faith that held firm when life grew uncertain. There’s a tenderness in the pauses, a truth in the way their voices meet that no rehearsal could ever create. It’s not perfection they’re offering — it’s realness.
For audiences who have followed Daniel and Majella through decades of music and marriage, this duet feels almost sacred. It’s not about youth or glamour, but about endurance — the kind of love that remains gentle even when tested by time.
As they sing, you can imagine them back at home in Donegal: the soft light of evening through the window, a kettle humming in the background, and the familiar comfort of two people who’ve spent a lifetime learning not just how to sing together — but how to listen.
Majella’s harmony glides around Daniel’s melody like a hand resting on his shoulder — tender, reassuring, steadfast. When he sings, “Have I told you lately that I love you?” it doesn’t sound like a question. It sounds like gratitude.
And when the final note fades, what lingers isn’t applause — it’s peace.
Because in a world that so often mistakes noise for connection, Daniel and Majella remind us that love doesn’t need to shout. It can whisper. It can hum. It can sing quietly in the spaces between two hearts that have chosen, again and again, to stand together.
Their rendition of “Have I Told You Lately” isn’t just a cover — it’s a living portrait of what love looks like when it lasts: patient, thankful, and deeply aware of the beauty in simply saying, “I’m grateful for you.”