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.
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.