PUBLIC -- words traditional. Basis (2026-10-22): (1) Mainly Norfolk "The Trooper and the Maid / The Bold Dragoon / The Light Dragoon" header [Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470; trad.], and its note "Karine Polwart sang The Light Dragoon in 2000 on Malinky's CD Last Leaves ... Their version is quite similar to Harry List's" https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/thetrooperandthemaid.html ; (2) credits: Celtic Lyrics Corner "Traditional; arranged by Malinky" http://callingthetune.co.uk/clc/malinky/light.htm ; YouTube/Virgin Music Group metadata for the Malinky track "Writer, Composer: Trad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys80u4XgQw ; Greentrax calls Last Leaves "mainly traditional song" https://greentrax.com/product/malinky-last-leaves-cd/ ; (3) Roud 162 also listed (68 listings, Trooper and Maid) by Bluegrass Messengers http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/roud-no-162-trooper-and-maid-68-listings-.aspx . Chords cross-checked 2026-10-22: Ultimate Guitar user chart (capo 2, C F G Dm7 shapes) https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/malinky/the-light-dragoon-chords-2468962 (playukulele.net https://www.playukulele.net/en/tab/292372 and acordesweb.com carry the same chart = ONE lineage); Chordify public song page, chord list D G A Em https://chordify.net/chords/malinky-songs/the-light-dragoon-chords ; Chordify grid from Chief's account = reference only (machine-detected, A/D/E/Bm shapes, 314 beats). Lyrics: Genius https://genius.com/Malinky-the-light-dragoon-lyrics , Celtic Lyrics Corner (above), elyrics.net, vagalume.com.br (word-identical = one lineage) plus the Ultimate Guitar transcription (independent: differs in 2 places); wording compared with the Waterson/Mike Waterson text on Mudcat https://mudcat.org/%40displaysong.cfm?SongID=6600 . Nothing was heard: no audio fetched, YouTube captions blocked.

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