X:1
T:The Bonny Light Horseman
S:Jack Barnard, Bridgewater, Summerset, 4 April 1908
Z:Cecil Sharp
B:Still Growing, Ed. Roud, Upton and Taylor, EFDSS, 2003
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
d B |G2 G2 B2 |A2 G2 (GB) |d2 e2 d c | (c2B2)
w:O you bloom-ing young maid-ens I_ pray now take a part_
c B |G2 G2 B2 |A2 G2 A B |c3 d c d |[M:4/4][L:1/8] (c2 B4)
w:Ne-ver cause a young dam-sel To be wound-ed to the heart_
 (3:2def |[M:3/4][L:1/8] g2 e2 g2 |[M:4/4][L:1/8]fe d4 Bd |[M:3/4][L:1/8]g2 e2 f2 |[M:4/4][L:1/8](fed4)
w:O_* send him safe back a-gain To the girl he a-dore_*
 (3:2de f |[M:3/4][L:1/8] g2 f2 e2 |d2 c2 B2 |c2 e2 f2 |e2 d4 |
w:Where_ the voice of the night-in-gale Sing through the  bow-er.
G3 A B2 |A2 G4 |(d3 e) d d |[M:4/4][L:1/8] c2 B4 (3:2def |[M:3/4][L:1/8]g2 d2 d2 |[M:4/4][L:1/8]B2 G4 G A |[M:3/4][L:1/8]B3 c A2 | G4 |]
w: Pi-ty a lov-er, pi-*ty a lov-er. My_* jol-ly light horse-man In the wars he is slain.
W:O you blooming young maidens
W:I pray now take a part
W:Never cause a young damsel
W:To be wounded to the heart
W:O send him safe back again
W:To the girl he adore
W:Where the voice of the nightingale
W:Sing through the bower.
W:Pity a lover, pity a lover,
W:My jolly light horseman
W:In the wars he is slain.
W:
W:O eighteen month long by her I've been courted
W:Where sweethearts do walk and young lambs are sporting
W:Where me and my true love passed many long hours
W:Where the voice of the nightingale sang through the bower.