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|f_genre=Irish
|f_genre=English, Irish
|f_rhythm=Air/Lament/Listening Piece
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|f_time_signature=3/4
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|f_structure=AB
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|f_book_title=Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
|f_book_title=Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
|f_collector=Charles Villiers Stanford,  
|f_collector=Charles Villiers Stanford,
|f_year=1905
|f_year=1905
|f_page=No. 779, p. 195
|f_page=No. 779, p. 195
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'''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:
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''When Bonaparte he commanded his troops for to stand,''<br>
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''And he planted his cannons all over the land;''<br>
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''He has levelled his cannons the whole victory to gain,''<br>
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''And he's killed my light horseman, returning from Spain.''<br>
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''Broken-hearted I'll wander, for the loss of my lover,''<br>
''He's my bonny light horseman, in the wars he was slain.''<br>
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''Sure if I was a blackbird and had wings to fly,''<br>
''I would fly to the spot where my true love does lie;''<br>
''And with my little fluttering wings, his wounds I would heal,''<br>
''And it's all the long night on his breast I'd remain.''
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''Source for notated version'': "From Mr. Fitzgerald" [Stanford/Petrie].
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''Printed source:'' Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 779, p. 195.
 
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X:1
T:Retreat, A
T:Bonnie Light Horseman, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Retreat March
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 11, p. 2)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined  the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
Bd|e2 efgf|e2 d2 cB|c2 cded|c2 B2 Bd|
e2 efgf|ed B2 GB|AG E2E2| E4:|
|:BA|G2G2 GA/B/|A2 G2 AB|c2 cded|c2B2 Bd|
e2 efgf|ed B2 GB|AG E2E2|E4:|]
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X:1
T:Bonny light horseman, The  
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L:1/8
L:1/8
R:Air
R:Air
N:"Andante"
Q:"Andante"
N:"County Wexford"
N:"County Wexford"
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 779
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 779
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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 ||  
c2 dc BA | G2F2 cd/e/ | f2d2 fd | c2A2c2 | B2A2G2 | F4 ||  
 
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'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
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Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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 Theme code Index    113 213
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    IRELAND(Leinster)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 779, p. 195
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1905
 Artist    
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Bonny Light Horseman (The): Annotations

X:1 T:Retreat, A T:Bonnie Light Horseman, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Retreat March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 11, p. 2) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd|e2 efgf|e2 d2 cB|c2 cded|c2 B2 Bd| e2 efgf|ed B2 GB|AG E2E2| E4:| |:BA|G2G2 GA/B/|A2 G2 AB|c2 cded|c2B2 Bd| e2 efgf|ed B2 GB|AG E2E2|E4:|]


X:1 T:Bonny light horseman, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"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 ||


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