When Boney commanded his troops for to stand And He planted his cannons all over the land And he planted his cannon the whole victory for to gain And they killed my light horseman returning from Spain
Broken-hearted I will wander for the loss of my lover; He is my bonnie light horseman, in the wars he was slain.
If you saw my love on sentry on a cold winter's night With his rosy red cheeks and his flowing brown hair All mounted on horseback the whole victory for to gain And tis on the battle-field he'd honours to gain
Oh, if I were a blackbird and had wings to fly I would fly to the spot where my true love does lie And with my little fluttering wings his wounds I would Heal And 'tis all the night long on his breast I would lie
Oh Boney, oh Boney I have caused you no harm Tell me why, tell me why have you caused me this alarm We were happy together, my true love and me Oh but now you have stretched him in death over the sea