The Bonny Light Horseman / Broken-Hearted I Wander
anonimo
| Versione interpretata da Jacquey Gabriel | |
| THE YOUNG HORSEMAN I once loved a soldier and a soldier bright and gay, So now he has left me and gone far away. To the dark plains of Egypt he was forced for to go To die in the fields or to conquer his foe. Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I will be, Since my lovely young horseman to the war he's gone from me. And it's early each morning as I come down for to dress, I gaze at his picture hung over my head. Such a lovely young fellow so manly and so tall. It was scarcely you would think they would kill him at all. It was brave Napoleon, it was he who took command, And he planted his cannons all over the land. He planted his cannons for some victory to gain, And he slew brave MacDonald coming over from Spain. If I was an eagle and had wings for to fly, I would fly to the plains where my own darling lie. And in his cold grave I would build my own nest, And contented I'd be on his lily-white breast. | THE BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN All you maidens, wives and widows, I would have you pay attention; For my very heart is aching, aching in its inmost core. I'm a maiden that's distracted, broken-hearted I must wander, For my bonny light horseman is slain in the wars. Broken-hearted I wander, broken-hearted I wander. For my bonny light horseman is slain in the wars. Were I wing-ed like an eagle, I would fly unto my darling. To that spot so sad and lonely where my true love he is lain. I would kiss the grass above him for evermore I love him, And I'll curse the wars so cruel that my true love has betrayed. Broken-hearted I wander, broken-hearted I wander. For my bonny light horseman is slain in the wars. Like a dove I will go mourning for the loss of my own darling. And no other man on this wide earth my heart will ever gain. In my grave so cold and cheerless very soon I will be lying. But my love and I in Heaven above will surely meet again. Broken-hearted I wander, broken-hearted I wander. For my bonny light horseman is slain in the wars. |
