Laura Smith : My Bonny

"This is an adaptation of the traditional song, 'Bring Back My Bonny To Me', attributed to H.J. Fuller. I had always known the chorus and one day while singing it to myself the rest of the words came. The melody is so beautiful, the song sings itself for me." ~Laura Smith

I first heard Canadian singer-songwriter Laura Smith while driving to New Westminster one morning. She was a guest on 'Morningside', Peter Gzowski's CBC radio show. Suddenly this song started and I had to pull over to the side of the road to listen. Then I waited for Peter to say the singer's name. Later that day I found Laura's record, 'B'tween The Earth And My Soul' (1994). It's a good album, but, to be honest, the beauty of this particular song tends to keep me from learning the rest of the album as well as I ought to.

Laura's website : http://www.laurasmith.ca

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• paganmaestro

[brookemacdonald17]

the part where it says tramps whisker, tramp was my moms old dog that died & thats who shes talking about bc shes bestfriends with my family :)<3

[paganmaestro]

@brookemacdonald17 - A mystery solved.

[gp00060]

excellent job. One of my all time favorite songs

[cococadeaux]

This is an amazing performance! What a voice! Thank you for uploading this and thank you to Christine Lavin who brought this beautiful song and singer to my attention. Wow.

[Dalyght]

Paganmaestro, this video is stunning.

[flungingpictures]

20110203 - Heard this on CBC's reprise... and it's so hauntingly beautiful.

Sorry to hear about the health problems Laura has.

Laura, please come back to us.

[RealRoots1959]

Great video..... again!

[schiple]

This is wonderful....

[ogenmatic]

Nice song & excellent video. Great job, paganmaestro!