Jon Doran plays "Bonny Light Horseman" on Shippey "Axe" Bouzouki

[@jimlynn3455]

OMG! Not more need said but there's John Faulkner and then this. Kudos,

[@gabe135]

I've listened to this over and over, great sound and resonance coming out of that bouzouki! Jon Doran's performance here is also incredible.

[@franminanicollier9431]

Best song about a centaur I've ever heard

[@nicolaacquarone8977]

The lyrics if you want to sing along (my version, corrections are welcome). When Boney commanded His troops for to stand He leveled his cannon All over the land And he’s leveled his cannon The victory to gain And he slew my light horseman From the wars coming home Broken hearted I'll wander For the loss of my love He’s my Bonny Light Horseman In the wars he was slain And if I were a small bird And I had wings to fly I'd fly over the salt sea To where my own love does lie Oh there’s no mortal breathing That my favour shall gain Since my bonny light horseman In the wars he was slain Broken hearted I'll wander For the loss of my love He’s my Bonny Light Horseman In the wars he was slain So I’ll dress in men’s clothing To the army I’ll go I’ll be true to my subjects And I’ll fight all its foes And I’ll count it an honor If I could obtain For to die in the field That my own love was slain Broken hearted I'll wander For the loss of my love He’s my Bonny Light Horseman In the wars he was slain Now when Boney commanded His troops for to stand He leveled his cannon All over…. the land -and he’s Leveled his cannon The victory to gain And he slew my light horseman From the wars coming home Broken hearted I'll wander For the loss of my love He’s my Bonny Light Horseman In the wars he was slain Broken hearted I'll wonder For the loss of my love He’s my Bonny Light Horseman In the wars he was slain

[@TheBarackAttack]

Couple of corrections, seems like it's "Broken hearted I'll wander..." and "I'll be true to my subjects And fight all his foes".

[@nicolaacquarone8977]

@@TheBarackAttack That is brilliant, thanks a lot! I really couldn't figure out "foes", I'll correct it.

[@bard5865]

Utterly enchanting--both the player and the instrument!

[@chris.k.846]

Excellent performance, a song that still touches my heart, like when I first listened to the Planxty version, some 40 years ago. Please keep it up, kind of comforting that young folks embrace music like this, now that many a folk artist has passed away. All the best from Germany.

[@polutropos]

A brilliant performance. A great voice and playing.

[@SkeepyJeepyJohnson]

Just got on the waiting list for one of these.

[@mattsoergel2057]

I can’t begin to tell you how much I love this performance - and how many times I’ve played it. Nice bouzouki too! Thank you from North Florida.

[@emmafinn5460]

Same ☺️❤️

[@robst247]

Beautiful arrangement, stirringly performed.

[@nathanhayward2466]

Beautifully played and sung on a beautiful instrument!

[@paulshippey]

Thanks Nathan

[@paulalane8638]

So beautiful...stirs the heart! Love this instruments sound!❤️

[@chrissandnerofficial]

such a great playing and singing, thanks Jon! Currently sitting in the Tapei Metro, but mentally beamed to green battlefields…

[@radharcanna]

What a great version. A beautiful bouzouki sound too. It really is a special instrument, with those soft, sliding, resonating notes.

[@paulshippey]

Thanks a lot Sean, glad you enjoyed it

[@edelahaye]

A fine instrument played with a perfect mastering of how to play the Irish bouzouki. The cross fingering is perfect.

[@ParcelOfRogue]

Tremendous sound Paul ~ John from Headway

[@Ethelred966]

Charmed ❤

[@generalstoaschicken]

Really nice Jon! What an incredible instrument, I'm very capable hands. Ones of my favorite videos (so far ☺️)

[@leossvoboda4657]

nice music

[@Mike-Crocker]

Brilliant, on all counts.

[@BEUDEUDNEUVE]

Very great 🍀✌🏻

[@ramemi1752]

Beautiful, thank you:-)

[@eoincollins1883]

Great stuff

[@sandb1867]

Superb!

[@S-A-Q]

Wow. The resonance of the zouk sounds amazing. The lad isn’t too bad either 😉

[@Milage100]

Beautiful!!

[@MrMikeEdie]

Lovely

[@dianaaldridge-ukulele7785]

This is so beautiful! Love his voice! I’m getting an octave mandolin soon and I have to learn this☺️🎵

[@TMQmusic]

Beautiful

[@GothanielLP]

Great feeling

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Top quality contemporary performer…playing a top quality instrument 👏

[@paulshippey]

Thanks John .I agree , Jon is a great performer.

[@alwall1962]

Beautiful. Any chance on getting the music arrangement for this?

[@WattyBhoy]

Is there any chance you could tab this, just purchased a bouzouki and would love to give it a bash in the next few months. Thanks

[@sam-jams6689]

You may have to watch the video on slow speed :)

[@MaryBussey-o1m]

Oh. Found him.

[@mockingbird307]

Where can I learn this song on the bouzouki?

[@nicolaacquarone8977]

I haven't found any written version for the lyrics or tab, so I wrote the lyrics and I had a go by ear. Concerning the instrumental part, there are many variations and it is nearly impossible to transcribe it completely. If you want to try to play and sing along, I can write the fingering for the basic chords.

[@MGWAIKIDOJITSU]

@Nicola Acquarone could you maybe write down the fingering of basic etc , that would be amazing if you could

[@dianaaldridge-ukulele7785]

I would love that as well😊

[@MGWAIKIDOJITSU]

@@nicolaacquarone8977 any chance you could write the basic chords out for us please

[@AurelienPetitvideo]

I am interested by your transcription 😊

[@tompelham7035]

Curious, the difference between octave mandolin and bouzouki?

[@aarondcruz2458]

They are sometimes used interchangeably. Irish bouzoukis are most often tuned GDAD, but can be tuned GDAE the same as an octave mandolin. They are usually a longer scale length than an octave mandolin. The 'correct' classification for bouzoukis / octave mandolins / citterns is an ongoing discussion!

[@maxwellfan55]

@@aarondcruz2458 Thanks. I'm also curious, as a guitar player I'm keen to get into the dimension of octave m or bouzouki and poised to purchase the latter instrument. Is there much difference between the sound of these two instruments, do they both capo WELL for vocals, single notes etc? Flexibility of key change would be an essential consideration for me, over say a mandola/mandolin.

[@aarondcruz2458]

@@maxwellfan55 I'd say bouzouki is the norm for accompaniment, both instrumental tunes and songs, the higher tension and the tuning lends itself to that. They are regularly capoed wherever is conveninent due to the long scale length (see Daoiri Farrell and Jon's performance here for example), so key shouldn't be an issue. If you're intending to flatpick fiddle tunes etc in the original key like a tenor banjo the scale length is probably a bit too long to be comfortable. I'm also a guitar player, I have a tenor guitar (GDAE) to explore a bit of the bouzouki/OM repertoire but I'm intending to transition to bouzouki at some point...

[@maxwellfan55]

@@aarondcruz2458 Thanks very much. I tried the bouzouki but found the long, unbalanced body shape less pleasing to play. Also, how the capo dulls the sound further up the frets. So, uncertain at present. I may settle for a smaller instrument rather than compromise. Actually I've recently been having a LOT of fun with mandolin and dulcimers, noting and J Mitchell style tunings. Cheers again for info.

[@nicolaacquarone8977]

Hi everyone, I like this version of the lyrics, but I couldn't find it on the internet. As I'm studying the song, I wrote down the lyrics myself. There's one verse I couldn't transcribe. At 2.05 it goes "So I'll dress in men's clothing To the army I'll go I'll be true to my subjects..." The last line sounds like "And I'll fight too I suppose " But I'm not sure. Any mother tongue fan of this song who can take the challenge and sort it out? In reward, I'll post the whole lyrics for the song. Ciao!

[@davidcounts7174]

I'm not sure, but I think it's, "And I'll fight all his foes." Ciao!

[@nicolaacquarone8977]

@@davidcounts7174 correction is now in the lyrics, thank you

[@Blokfluitgroep]

The lyrics are also written elsewhere in the comments here.

[@MGWAIKIDOJITSU]

Great version is this in Gdad?

[@paulshippey]

Yes

[@cloudforeststudio3699]

Beautiful!