Laura Smith is best known for her adaptation of which traditional Scottish folk song?
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Laura Smith Laura Smith is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1995 single "Shade of Your Love", one of the year's biggest hits on adult contemporary radio stations in Canada, and for her adaptation of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" which she entitled "My Bonny". She recorded a version of this with The Chieftains, which they erroneously listed as "My Bonnie" on their album "Fire in the Kitchen". In December 2010, that version received a nod for Song of the Decade from Bill Margeson at LiveIreland.
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My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" is a traditional Scottish folk song
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Maggie May (folk song) "Maggie May" (or "Maggie Mae") (Roud 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder": a sailor coming home from a round trip.
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Sailor’s Song A sailor's song refers to a sea song
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Cumberland Gap (folk song) "Cumberland Gap" is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics. A version of the song appeared in the 1934 book, "American Ballads and Folk Songs", by folk song collector John Lomax. Woody Guthrie recorded a version of the song at his Folkways sessions in the mid-1940s, and the song saw a resurgence in popularity with the rise of bluegrass and the American folk music revival in the 1950s. In 1957, the British musician Lonnie Donegan had a No. 1 UK hit with a skiffle version of "Cumberland Gap".
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When the Boat Comes In (song) "When The Boat Comes In" (or "Dance Ti Thy Daddy") is a traditional English folk song, originating in North East England. An early source for the lyrics,Joseph Robson's "Songs of the bards of the Tyne", published 1849, can be found on the FARNE archive at ; in FARNE's notes to the song, it is stated that these lyrics were written by William Watson around 1826.
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Elizabeth Grant (songwriter) Elizabeth Grant (later Murray) (1745?–1814?) was a Scottish song-writer, from Carron, Speyside. She is best known as the writer of "Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch".
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Mick Maguire "Mick McGuire" is a traditional Irish folk song about courtship. It tells the story of a young man who courts a woman named Kate or Katie.
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Because the Night "Because the Night" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that was first released in 1978 as a single off the Patti Smith Group album "Easter". It rose to number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, as well as number five in the United Kingdom, and helped propel sales of "Easter" to mainstream success—even as Smith was deciding to retire from a life of constant touring. In 1987, the song was ranked number 116 on "NME" magazine's list of "The Top 150 Singles of All Time". It remains one of the best-known songs of Smith's catalog.
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Lanigan's Ball "Lanigan's Ball" (sometimes "Lannigan's Ball"), written by James Farrell, is a popular traditional or folk Irish song which has been played throughout the world since at least the 1860s and possibly much longer. Typically performed in a minor key, it generally is played in an upbeat style reminiscent of the party atmosphere in which the story that the lyrics portray unfolds.
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Ye Jacobites by Name "Ye Jacobites by Name" (Roud # 5517) is a traditional Scottish folk song which goes back to the Jacobite Risings in Scotland (1688–1746). While the original version simply attacked the Jacobites from a contemporaneous Whig point of view, Robert Burns rewrote it in around 1791 to give a version with a more general, humanist anti-war outlook. This is the version that most people know today.
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Katie Cruel Katie Cruel is a traditional American folksong, likely of Scottish origin. As a traditional song, it has been recorded by many performers, but the best known recording of the song is by Karen Dalton on the album "In My Own Time". The American version of the song is said to date to the Revolutionary War period. The song is Roud no. 1645.
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Jeanie Deans (song) "Jeanie Deans" is a song which celebrates Jeanie Deans, the heroine of Scott's novel, "The Heart of Midlothian". It was probably performed in music halls around the end of the 19th century as it is found in a 'broadsheet' of that period. Its musical accompaniment is not given.
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Harvest Home (song) "Harvest Home" was the debut single of the Scottish celtic rock band Big Country. It was first released as a single in 1982 and included on the band's debut album "The Crossing".
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Jamie Foyers "Jamie Foyers" is a well-known song by the folk singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl. In "The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook", Peggy Seeger wrote that the song was written in the period 1937-9 but could not give an exact year. The song was not copyrighted until 1963 by Stormking Music.
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Kelligrews Soiree The Kelligrews Soiree is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It was written by Johnny Burke (1851 – 1930), a popular St. John's balladeer. It was patterned on Irish music-hall songs like "The Irish Jubilee" and "Lanigan's Ball", and makes reference to "Clara Nolan's Ball", an American vaudeville song of the nineteenth century.
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Alastair McDonald Alastair McDonald (born 28 October 1941) is a Scottish banjo-playing folk/jazz musician, probably most famous for his recordings of Jim MacLean's folk songs, such as "The Barras" and "The massacre of Glencoe", but also for some humorous songs, such as the jazz comedy song "Sam the skull", about a Glasgow cat.
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The Gypsy "The Gypsy" is a popular song written by Billy Reid, and published in 1945. The ballad tells the story of a person who visits a Gypsy fortune teller and is reassured that their partner is faithful. Though they both know it to be untrue, the narrator resolves to return, "'Cause I want to believe the Gypsy".
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Duan Albanach The Duan Albanach (Song of the Scots) is a Middle Gaelic poem found with the "Lebor Bretnach", a Gaelic version of the "Historia Brittonum" of Nennius, with extensive additional material (mostly concerning Scotland).
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Is There for Honest Poverty "Is There for Honest Poverty", commonly known as "A Man's a Man for A' That", is a 1795 Scots song by Robert Burns, famous for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society, which may be seen as expressing the ideas of liberalism that arose in the 18th century.
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Hesitation Blues "Hesitation Blues" is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as "Hesitating Blues". Because the tune is traditional, many artists have taken credit as writer, frequently adapting the lyrics of one of the two published versions. Adaptations of the lyrics vary widely, though typically the refrain is recognizably consistent. The song is a jug band standard and is also played as blues and sometimes as Western swing. It is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 11765.
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Irish traditional music Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.