“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.

By Ames Brothers

Lyrics

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

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 pips are hummin’ My Bonnie Lassie’s comin’, comin’ to me

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”

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