Mitch Miller - My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

RIP Mitch Miller! He died 99 years old!

"My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" is a traditional Scottish folk song which remains popular in Western culture.

"Bonnie" is a Scots term for attractive. It's a girl's name in English, but in Scots it 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.

Mitch Miller (born Mitchell William Miller, July 4, 1911 - July 31, 2010)was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. He was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of Artists & Repertoire at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist. Some regard Miller as the creator of what would become karaoke with his NBC-TV series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as an accomplished player of the oboe and English horn, and has recorded several highly regarded classical albums featuring his instrumental work over the years. But he is best known as a conductor, choral director, television performer and recording executive.

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[levelat350]

I know this is a traditional scottish song.

WHAT DOES BONNIE MEAN?

[UschisChannel2]

@levelat350 "Bonnie" is a Scots term for attractive. It's a girl's name in English, but in Scots it 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.

[antomamica]

God.... what I like I listen to and I feel great ..

Anto slightly negative without reason ...but this song brings joy in my soul, and rhythm is very positive...pupici for you !!!

[UschisChannel2]

@antomamica A song we learned as children and already sang in the school :-))

[TheMrTrapatony]

my blitzy lies over the ocean

my blitzy lies over the sea

my blitzy lies over the ocean

bring back my blitzy to me

thumbs up if you get it

[American260]

@levelat350 its about Bonnie Prince Charles and the catholics wanting him ruling England instead of the protestant rulers

[jackinthecube]

@TheMrTrapatony well played sir, well played.

[jubbjubb155]

when i saw Gary Oldman singing this song acting like he was a puppet or something itsREALLY FUCKING FREAKED ME OUT!

[VVindicate]

Whoaa! Woody Woodpecker and Wally Walrus whistle/ hum this song!

[levelat350]

@candy4lifeeeeee Good question. I wonder that too.

[candy4lifeeeeee]

what the heck is a bonnie?

[MariusRocknroll]

@antomamica

Hehe, I liked your comment here!

Pupici...too! :)

[MyJ3T]

I enjoy this song a lot I remember singing in kids choir when I was in elementary school, which to my dismay was a required class. I'm 19 now and I like this song a lot more now that I'm older and get more meaning out of it than I did when I was 10. Lol