Bonny Light Horseman - "Bonny Light Horseman" (Official Audio)

Fresh off their debut appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, Anaïs Mitchell (whose Hadestown recently led the 2019 Tony Awards with eight wins, including ‘Best Musical’), Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats), and Josh Kaufman (Craig Finn, Josh Ritter, The National) officially announce their new group, Bonny Light Horseman. The trio has also shared their debut single “Bonny Light Horseman,” a cover of the folk ballad that features Aaron Dessner on hi string guitar, as well as JT Bates (Big Red Machine, Phil Cook) on drums and Michael Lewis (Bon Iver) on tenor sax -- both of whom also perform with Bonny Light Horseman live. Johnson explains, “This is a song about a handsome soldier who may or may not ever come home. And we named our band after it not just because it sounds kind of cool, but because it's somewhat emblematic of what we're trying to do here: sing you ancient love songs of timeless humanity and heartbreak. Songs that are gonna make you feel something no matter what century you're in.”
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[@jasonsgroovemachine]

Anytime Anais Mitchell is involved it's going to be amazing. And this is amazing.

[@panaiti3153]

Such beautiful music, slow paced, lets you breathe... You can listen to it with your soul, it sends you dreaming

[@jacobk4n3]

This is one of the greatest vocal melodies i've ever stumbled upon, thankful for this.

[@johnpluck6126]

It's 9/23, somewhere around 7ish!!?? Drunk! 1st fire lit to celebrate Autumn. Couldn't think of a more gorgeous song right now. 🥰🥰

[@marchelleceryes3542]

Native American loves this band spreading the beauty 💙😇🙏👼 to all friends ❤️💙

[@josephrabemaharavo4778]

First time i hear it and i felt directly in love with her voice

[@papaslimshady357]

Saw these guys live today! Fantastic show and this is such a breathtaking song.

[@joanagoncalo3935]

so beautiful! I want to remain in this song for a long long time!

[@weschaffin]

Love this…

[@perrymardon2368]

Incredible. Beautiful!.

[@AustinAndersonVideo]

“Bonny Light Horseman” performed by “Bonny Light Horseman” from the album “Bonny Light Horseman.” Lyrics by “Bonny Light Horseman” and Musical Composition by “Bonny Light Horseman” from “Bonny Light Horseman” Studios located in Bonnyman, Ky

[@julixoxoxo1]

Hahahah

[@johnpluck6126]

Whats the name of this!??

[@iainmcguire7190]

@@johnpluck6126 Sandstorm, by Darude

[@MidwestYankabilly]

Watching you guys now on CBS this morning... WOW! Love the melodies! I'm in love with your music! 🎶

[@artillery666]

Holy fuck, this is beautiful

[@rastas4766]

Funny comment considering your username lmao.

[@jemmitchellmusic]

Sublime

[@brentbartel1]

Soulful and evocative. Really, really nice.

[@niallwalsh2592]

great voice

[@bmysticman21]

So refreshing. Thank you.

[@JPTexas]

so incredibly lovely

[@rappincowboy]

Gorgeous! I loved hearing this live, too, at the HADESTOWN afterparty last spring.

[@EmRose.r]

Thank you for confirming my suspicion! I thought it sounded exactly like Anaïs

[@JPTexas]

this tune is really really old. but theyve gone and made it new and beautiful again

[@bwhitsitt3]

Beautiful

[@Seattlepsych1]

Love this.

[@neilswheels3358]

Crazy good

[@marchelleceryes3542]

My new favorite band

[@seanflynncontact]

Sam Henry noted the tune is probably over four hundred years old and is of Irish origin because it used the old Irish gapped scale (which did not use the fourth and seventh notes of the modern scale). Sam Henry, Songs of the People, No. 122. Planxty recorded Bonny Light Horseman in 1979 for their album After the Break From the days of Waterloo. Numerous broadside printers issued it. Some versions include verses relating to Napoleon Bonaparte-see, for example, the version in Terry Moylan’s The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition 1776-1815 (Dublin, 2000, p. 139).

[@kimgordon3695]

Sweet & amazing the yarn unraveling

[@Garriswillbegarris]

Also I was addicted to the lofi preview of this posted on Anais’s Insta maybe 1.5 years ago. So gorgeous. And when I finally found the song released officially it was heaven for me! BLH = classy classy folk.

[@heftyhikes9924]

Hey, do you think you can send me the link to this? The lofi version please

[@Garriswillbegarris]

Jesenia Bautista it was a link in her insta bio ages ago so no idea how to find it again now

[@heftyhikes9924]

@@Garriswillbegarris alright thank you! (:

[@Grewwv]

Bonny Light Horseman Lyrics [Chorus] Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain [Verse 1] And if I was some small bird and if I had wings to fly I would fly over the ocean where my own true love does lie I would fly over the ocean and alight upon the plain Where my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain [Chorus] Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain [Verse 2] And the white dove laments for her mate as she flies "Tell me where in this wide world is my own true love," she cries "And where in this wide world is there one who can compare With my bonny light horseman who was slain in the war?" [Chorus] Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain [Chorus] Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain

[@karar3amr]

i had crush on her voice

[@stephpiano2908]

I love this so much oh my god

[@marie-christinefilion4639]

Wowww la mélodie est tellement ressenti... une voix merveilleuse❤️ Merci à Clément Jacques 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@m.a7364]

wow ...!

[@mrmanfitz]

EDJ harmonies = sublime

[@stefanoprestisimone5583]

bellissimo

[@rawdog314]

Good cover

[@jendemedeiros]

love this! Thanks!

[@arunvarghese1828]

"Bonny Light Horseman" Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain And if I was some small bird and if I had wings to fly I would fly over the ocean where my own true love does lie I would fly over the ocean and alight upon the plain Where my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain And the white dove laments for her mate as she flies "Tell me where in this wide world is my own true love," she cries "And where in this wide world is there one who can compare With my bonny light horseman who was slain in the war?" Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain Oh, Napoleon Bonaparte, you're the cause of my woe Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he did go Broken-hearted I'll wander, broken-hearted I'll remain Since my bonny light horseman in the war, he was slain

[@Garriswillbegarris]

19 thumbs down? C’mmmooooooonnnnn!! Anais, for the love of GOD please drop your next LP. Xoa was cool, and Broadway is cool too’n all, but you’ve got the whole musical world at your fingertips now And it’s time to best Young Man In America. Seriously that LP and anything you do like that after it will be required listening for my grandkids and beyond!

[@RomyIgoeX]

Just checking this out after reading the glowing end of year reviews in MOJO and Uncut magazines. Hmmm... very nice!

[@stevejauncey3086]

Same here Thought it was about time I listened to new music. I get fed up with people who say how modern music is rubbish compared to music from the past 😊

[@cloudygrosso1106]

Eric D Johnson is the real deal I tells yer. This is a killer album.

[@elimgarak6590]

a little haunting, a British song written by the Scottish? where does this come from? freakin awesome! production is great too!

[@seanflynncontact]

It's Irish not British. Bonny Light Horseman is a lament from the Napoleonic Wars. A song from the days of Waterloo. Numerous broadside printers issued it. Some versions include verses relating to Napoleon Bonaparte-see, for example, the version in Terry Moylan’s The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition 1776-1815 (Dublin, 2000, p. 139). Sam Henry noted the tune is probably over four hundred years old and is of Irish origin because it used the old Irish gapped scale (which did not use the fourth and seventh notes of the modern scale). Sam Henry, Songs of the People, No. 122. Planxty recorded Bonny Light Horseman in 1979 for their album After the Break. I believe Anias and the band room their name after hearing the Planxty version.

[@molerun]

@@seanflynncontact According to this it's of English origin. folkinfusion.blogspot.com/2013/10/bonny-light-horseman.html

[@seanflynncontact]

@@molerun Actually it's the other way around. That website you shared quotes no sources and is just someones blog post. (See my previous referred to sources). If you read this site and look at the information tab on the right you'll see more information. www.contemplator.com/england/horseman.html Sam Henry believed the tune is probably over 400 years old and is of Irish origin because it used the old Irish gapped scale (which did not use the 4th and 7th notes of the modern scale). According to William Barrett the song appeared frequently in England after 1790 on broadsides printed in London, Birmingham and Preston. There are several variants of the tune. Here's more information. Actually there are University papers published about it's Irish origins. mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/thebonnylighthorseman.html

[@icapfordollars9214]

Sean Flynn right on Sean! Thanks for the info. I’m a Sean too lol!

[@biggiemauls7772]

Hints of Dolly

[@MacIntoshMann]

the song, “bonny light horseman”, by the band, “bonny light horseman”, from the album, “bonny light horseman”. can’t fault their imagination...

[@kellyfulton8944]

Just saw them at The Ryman opening for Mandolin Orange and they were great!

[@Corntassels]

What a pairing! I'll just be quietly jealous :)

[@ofprayo]

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[@kevinoconnor823]

She really be upset with Marshall Ney who was in charge of French calvalry rather then Napoleon

[@eugenslavik4230]

Dangerous +

[@jrmayo]

Please make an acapella version of this! :)

[@illingworth36]

i adore ripe bananas

[@Deekster246]

Not a fan of pure 'Folk'. Love things with an off-kilter edge. Here in Spades...

[@jackodonail1980]

Of an obverse sentiment. Purer the folk the better.

[@lightronv]

#Bonnylighthorsemenmatter!

[@richaveritt7297]

Normal words

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

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[@jackodonail1980]

Does not come close to Planxty's version.

[@thomasmurphy6595]

You're right, it's much better than Planxty's.

[@brucecollins641]

an old english sang

[@JohnFlynn-p3i]

It’s unclear. It may be Irish. One third Britain’s forces in Napoleonic wars were from Ireland. Lyrics might be English but tune show evidence of Irish origin. folkinfusion.blogspot.com/2013/10/bonny-light-horseman.html?m=1

[@brucecollins641]

@@JohnFlynn-p3i it is unclear . type in.......the bonny light horesman/brokenhearted| wander (roud 1185; g/d 8:1584; henry h122a mainly norfolk-info.........there was also the scots greys at waterloo(a cavalry regiment)