Bonny Light Horseman (song) explained

"Bonny Light Horseman" (Roud 1185), also known as "Broken Hearted I Will Wander", is a folk song. The singer's romantic interest was killed while fighting against Napoleon in the Peninsular War.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It has been recorded by musicians including Nic Jones, Planxty, Lal and Norma Waterson, Rebecca Fox, Todd Menton, Oisin, Eliza Carthy, James Keelaghan and Nancy Kerr. The band Bonny Light Horseman was named after the song.

Notes and References

1. Book: Huntington . Gale . Herrmann . Lani . Sam Henry's Songs of the People . June 2010 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-3625-1 . 88 . en.
2. Book: Morrish . John . The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition . 2007 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 978-0-87930-901-5 . 239 . en.
3. Book: Jensen . Oskar Cox . Napoleon and British Song, 1797-1822 . 12 October 2015 . Springer . 978-1-137-55538-0 . 138 . en.
4. Book: Thompson . Harold W. . Cutting . Edith E. . A Pioneer Songster: Texts from the Stevens-Douglass Manuscript of Western New York, 1841-1856 . 31 May 2018 . Cornell University Press . 978-1-5017-1754-3 . 74 . en.
5. Book: English Dance and Song . 1976 . English Folk Dance and Song Society . 107 . en.