Laura Smith is best known for her adaptation of which traditional Scottish folk song?
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.
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.