The Bonny Lighter Boy
by English Folk Song · posted by WaltP
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
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THE BONNY LIGHTER BOY
English folk song
Key: Bm
4-4 5 5 5 -4 5 -6 -6 6
It’s of a brisk young sail-or lad
-6 5 4 -4 4 -3”
And he a pren-tice bound
6 -6 7 -7 -6 6 4
And she a mer-chant’s daugh-ter
-4 5 5 4 -3 -3” -4
With fif-ty thou-sand pound
6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 5 4
They loved each oth-er dear-ly
-4 5 5 4 -3” -4
In sor-row and in joy
4 -4 5 5 5 5
Let him go where he will
-6 -6 -6 -6
He’s my love still
6 -5 5 4 -4 4 -3 -3”
He’s my bon-ny light-er boy