My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean

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“My Bonnie”
Single by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers from the album My Bonnie
B-side	"The Saints"
Released	23 October 1961 (Germany)[1]
Format	7", 45rpm
Recorded	22 June 1961, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Harburg, Germany
Label	Polydor NH24673 (Germany)
Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers singles chronology
"My Bonnie" (1961) "Sweet Georgia Brown" (1964)
Music sample
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"My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" is a traditional Scottish folk song. It may have its origin in the history of Charles Edward Stuart, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, the grandson of the deposed Stuart monarch James II. Many Highland Scots supported Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to restore the Stuarts to the English throne in 1745-46 by invading Scotland and England.

The song was famously arranged and recorded by Tony Sheridan with musical backing by The Beatles featuring Pete Best on drums (who at the time were a little-known beat combo, and were originally credited as the 'Beat Brothers').

It has numerous parody versions. For more information on these parody versions, see "My Bonnie Has Tuberculosis". The first two notes of this song are a Major 6th interval.

The lyrics are as follows:

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me

Last night as I lay on my pillow

Last night as I lay on my bed

Last night as I lay on my pillow

I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me

Oh blow ye the winds o'er the ocean

And blow ye the winds o'er the sea

Oh blow ye the winds o'er the ocean

And bring back my Bonnie to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me

The winds have blown over the ocean

The winds have blown over the sea

The winds have blown over the ocean

And brought back my Bonnie to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me

Bring back, bring back

Bring back my Bonnie to me

[edit] Pop-Culture References

• Max Fleischer and his brother Dave Fleischer filmed this song in DeForest Phonofilm and released it in September 1925 as part of their Song Car-Tunes series. This was the first film to use the "follow the bouncing ball" gimmick.
• Sung by characters Mother Mormon and Harper in second act of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.
• The lyrics of the chorus are used in the song Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1 and Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K4 by hellogoodbye.
• This song is played by the band in the film Late Summer Blues.
• The character Mary Lamblen sings this song in the 2003 film Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy.
• This song is performed by the Singing Bush in the film The Three Amigos.
• The first verse and chorus are sung by Zooey Deschanel's character in the film Winter Passing.
• Ray Charles performed a soul version of the song (watch on Youtube).
• On an episode of the popular late '60's situation comedy Family Affair, the twins, Buffy (Anissa Jones) and Jody (Johnny Whitaker), both do renditions of this song. Buffy has a hard time with the song (though she tries) and is quite off-key, but Jody has an easier time with it and sings it in tune.
• My Bunny Lies Over The Sea a Bugs Bunny episode, 1948
• The song also appeared in the Japanese film "Moon Child"
• On an episode King of the Hill, Bobby sings a parody pertaining to Connie during music class while the rest of the class sing it properly.
• Jerry Lee Lewis recorded his version of the song in 1960.

[edit] References

In the Argentinian Guinzburg & Fontova Tv Show "Peor es Nada", it was used in the section "Curso para ingresar al primer mundo". Performed by Horacio Fontova.