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This is a historical song of the end of the Napoleonic era sung between Napoleon's son, The Duke of Reichstadt, and his mother, the Empress Mary Louise, after Napoleon's death. The young Napoleon promises that he will capture "the bonny bunch of roses", namely, Great Britain. Mary Louise tells her son about his father's disaster in Russia and warns him not to follow Napoleon to his grave. In fact, the young duke died in 1832 at the age of 21 from tuberculosis.
Because of the song's pro-Napoleon sentiments, it is generally thought to be of Irish origins as the Irish had suffered from British oppression in the 18th and 19th centuries, although it was popular throughout the British isles, and has been found in Canada and the United States. It is collected as number 664 in the Roud Folksong Index. - Licensing
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The Bonny Bunch of Roses written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Bonny Bunch of Roses | A.L. Lloyd | 1956 | |||
The Bonnie Bunch of Roses | Ewan MacColl | 1956 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Paul Clayton | 1957 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Seamus Ennis | 1957 | |||
Bonnie Bunch O' Roses-O | Pat Clancy | May 1961 | Live | ||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses-O | Bobby Clancy | 1961 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Harry Cox | 1965 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Phil Tanner | 1968 | Released more than 10 years after its recording | ||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Nic Jones | 1971 | |||
Bonny Bunch of Roses | Sam Larner | 1974 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Fairport Convention | 1977 | |||
Bonny Bunch of Roses | Barry Dransfield | 1994 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | John Wesley Harding | February 23, 1999 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Shirley & Dolly Collins | 2006 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Barry Lister | 2006 | |||
Bonny Bunch of Roses | Jon Boden | June 11, 2011 | |||
Bonny Bunch of Roses | June Tabor & Oysterband | September 19, 2011 | |||
The Bonny Bunch of Roses O | Tom and Barbara Brown | 2014 | |||
Bonny Bunch of Roses | Hannah Sanders | February 2, 2015 |
The Bonny Bunch of Roses written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Diane Hamilton | 1982 | ||
i | Plains of Waterloo - The Bonny Bunch of Roses | Martin Simpson | 1991 | Medley | |
i | Bonny Bunch of Roses | Celia Briar | March 12, 1996 | ||
i | The Bonnie Bunch of Roses | Duck Baker | 2000 |