The Bonny Light Horseman / Broken-Hearted I Wander
Anonymous
| Versione cantata da Tony Rose | |
| THE BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | THE BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN |
| Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman to the wars he did go Broken hearted I'll wander, broken hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the wars he was slain | Oh, when Boney commanded all his troops for to stand, He's levelled his cannon all over the land, He's levelled his cannon for the victory to gain, And he slew my light horseman from the wars coming home. |
| When Boney commanded his armies to stand And proud lift his banners all gayly and grand He levelled his cannons right over the plain And my bonny light horseman in the wars he was slain | Broken-hearted I'll wander for the loss of my lover, He's the bonny light horseman, in the wars he was slain. |
| Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman to the wars he did go Broken hearted I'll wander, broken hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the wars he was slain | Oh, if I was a small bird and had wings to fly, I'd fly o'er the salt sea where my true love he do lie. And with these fond wings, oh I'd beat on his grave, I'd kiss the fond lips that lie cold in the clay. |
| And if I was some small bird and had wings and could fly I would fly over the salt sea where my true love does lie Three years and six months now, since he left this bright shore Oh, my bonny light horseman will I never see you more? | Broken-hearted I'll wander for the loss of my lover, He's the bonny light horseman, in the wars he was slain. |
| Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman to the wars he did go Broken hearted I'll wander, broken hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the wars he was slain | Now the dove she laments for her mate as she flies; Where, tell me where is my true love? she cries, And where in this wide world is there one to compare, To my bonny light horseman who was slain in the war? |
| And the dove she laments for her mate as she flies "Oh, where, tell me where is my true love?" she sighs "And where in this wide world is there one to compare With my bonny light horseman who was killed in the war?" | Broken-hearted I'll wander for the loss of my lover, He's the bonny light horseman, in the wars he was slain. |
| Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman to the wars he did go Broken hearted I'll wander, broken hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the wars he was slain | Oh, when Boney commanded all his troops for to stand, He's levelled his cannon all over the land, He's levelled his cannon for the victory to gain, And he slew my light horseman from the wars coming home. |
