My Bonnie Lassie

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"My Bonnie Lassie" is a popular song, by Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper, and Marion McClurg.

The tune is actually derived from a traditional Scottish tune, "Scotland the Brave."

The biggest hit version was recorded by The Ames Brothers, recorded on May 12, 1955. This recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6208. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 24, 1955. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #14; on the Best Seller chart, at #11; on the Juke Box chart, at #16; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #11.

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Drums in my heart are drummin

I hear the bagpipes hummin

My Bonnie Lassie's comin over the sea

My heart with her she's bringin

I hear the blue bells ringin

Soon we'll be highland flingin

My love and me

Chorus:

I'll meet her at the shore

Playin the pipes for her

Dressed in a kilt and a tam o'shanter too

Drums in my heart are drummin

I hear the bagpipes hummin

My Bonnie Lassie's comin, comin to me

Somewhere a ship and crew

Sails o'er the ocean blue

Bringing, oh, bringing

My bonnie back to me

That's why the drums are drummin

That's why the pipes are hummin

My Bonnie Lassie's comin, comin to me

Chorus

Sad are the lads she's leavin

Many a sigh they're heavin

Even the heather's grievin, cryin with dew

She's left her native highland

To come and live in my land

She'll love the folks who smile

And say, "how-de-do"

Chorus