"My Bonnie Lassie" is a popular

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

, by Roy C. Bennett

Roy C. Bennett

Roy C. Bennett is an American songwriter known for the songs he wrote with Sid Tepper, which spawned several hits for Elvis Presley...

, Sid Tepper

Sid Tepper

Sid Tepper is an American songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Roy C. Bennett, which spawned several hits for Elvis Presley. Between 1945 and 1970, Tepper and Bennett published over 300 songs.-Biography:...

, and Marion McClurg.

The tune is actually derived from a traditional Scottish

Scotland

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 tune, "Scotland the Brave

Scotland the Brave

"Scotland the Brave" is a Scottish patriotic song. It was one of several songs considered an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.Scotland the Brave is also the authorised pipe band march of The British Columbia Dragoons of the Canadian Forces, and is played during the Pass in Review at Friday...

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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

Catalog numbering systems for single records

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 20-6208. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts

Billboard charts

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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.