Rise Again
Peace
p. 198
Alternate Title: 
Broken-hearted I will wander|Bonny Light Horseman
First Line: 
When Boney commanded his army to stand

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Reference

Genre: 
traditional Irish
Culture: 
Irish

About the Song

Print source: 
Sing Out 50:2

The song dates at least to the early 19th century in the time of the Napoleanic wars when many Irish men were forced to serve in the British army. We learned the song from the 1979 "Broken-Hearted I'll Wander" LP by Dolores Keane & John Faulkner.

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