What does "tis" mean in the song "Danny boy"?
There's a song called "Danny boy" and I looked for the word meanings but I couldn't find the meaning of the word "tis" when it says:

The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

I assume it is a contraction of a word, does anybody know?

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What does "tis" mean in the song "Danny boy"?
There's a song called "Danny boy" and I looked for the word meanings but I couldn't find the meaning of the word "tis" when it says:

The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

I assume it is a contraction of a word, does anybody know?

Answer

'Tis means "It is."  The apostrophe replaces the letter "I."

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http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36405/does-tis-means-this-is-or-it-is

In this context, ´tis means ¨it is¨.

]This is old fashioned English.  It reminds me of ´twas from the poem about the Night Before Christmas.  (´Twas means ¨it was¨. )

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