Bonny Light Horseman (The)

 BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Wexford. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Words (via Terry Moylan) set to the air stem from the Napoleonic era, the pinnacle of the dash, glory and uniformed appearance of mounted light troops. They begin: When Bonaparte he commanded his troops for to stand, And he planted his cannons all over the land; He has levelled his cannons the whole victory to gain, And he's killed my light horseman, returning from Spain. Broken-hearted I'll wander, for the loss of my lover, He's my bonny light horseman, in the wars he was slain. Sure if I was a blackbird and had wings to fly, I would fly to the spot where my true love does lie; And with my little fluttering wings, his wounds I would heal, And it's all the long night on his breast I'd remain. Source for notated version: "From Mr. Fitzgerald" [Stanford/Petrie]. Printed source: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 779, p. 195.

X:1 T:Bonny light horseman, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Andante" N:"County Wexford" S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 779 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F A>G | F2 F>G AF | G2F2 A>B| c2 dc B>A | A2G2 A>G | F2 F>G AF | G2F2 A>B | c2 dc BA | {A}G4 || cd/e/ | f2 d>e fe | e2c2 cd/e/ | f2 df ed | c4 de | f2 d>e fd | c2A2 A>G | F2A2c2 | B2A2G2 | F2 F>G AF | G2F2 AB | c2 dc BA | G2F2 cd/e/ | f2d2 fd | c2A2c2 | B2A2G2 | F4 ||

 '''© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.''' Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni