a song that never fail to bring me back to my primary school days...
"my bonnie lies over the ocean" is a traditional scottish folk song that was widely taught to primary school children in the 70s and 80s locally. The word "bonnie" is a scots term for attractive and can refer to either an attractive boy or girl (ie bonnie lad, or bonnie lass). it probably comes from "baine" which is gaelic for "milk." it'd refer to fair skin. here's a more solemn version... then again, listening to this version somehow reminds me of pet shop boys, their song "go west" perhaps. and from that angle, this version of my bonnie sounds a little gay to me.... lol!
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