| Author | Topic: Add: The Bonny Light Horseman | |
| dmcg | Posted - 23 Oct 03 - 09:42 am | |
O you blooming young maidens I pray now take a part Never cause a young damsel To be wounded to the heart O send him safe back again To the girl he adore Where the voice of the nightingale Sing through the bower. Pity a lover, pity a lover, My jolly light horseman In the wars he is slain. O eighteen month long by her I've been courted Where sweethearts do walk and young lambs are sporting Where me and my true love passed many long hours Where the voice of the nightingale sang through the bower. Source: Ed. Roud, Upton and Taylor, Still Growing, EFDSS, 2003 Notes: As this book is very recently released, I do not intend to put many entries from it in the database and would encourage you to buy a copy from EFDSS, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY This song was collected from Jack Barnard, Bridgewater, Summerset by Cecil Sharp in 4 April 1908. Only the two verses shown were noted. In my view, the constant swapping between 3/4 and 4/4 time, coupled with the triples is a good illustration of the difficulties involved in trying to record traditional music in standard notation, which was Sharp's preference, rather than using wax cylinders and similar 'true' recording methods. Roud: 1185 Database entry is here. | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 24 Oct 03 - 01:03 am | |
Re the tune, reasonably different to the tune I like. I'll try to put an abc tomorrow. We (copied from Rhyl) for a while had. Broken hearted I will wander Broken hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman In the wars he was slain Jon | ||