When boney commanded his armies to stand And he leveled his cannon right over the land He leveled his cannon his victory to gain And slew my light horseman on the way home from Spain Broken-hearted I'll wander Broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman In the cruel world was slain If I was a small bird, if I'd wings to fly I'd fly o'er the salt seas to where my love does lie And with my fond wings I'd beat over his grave And kiss the pale lips that lie cold in the clay Broken-hearted I'll wander Broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman In the cruel world was slain Now, the dove, she laments for her mate as she flies Where, tell me where is my true love, she sighs And where in this wide world is there one to compare With my bonny light horseman who was slain in the war Napoleon bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman to the cruel world, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander Broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman In the cruel world was slain