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Thread #21476 Message #1031881
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Oct-03 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
Subject: RE: 'My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean' History?
And the school favorite parody, "My gawd, how the money rolls in!"
Charles E. Pratt composed "Put My Little Shoes Away," popular in the late 1800s. I thought he was American??
See this site, which may be fakelore: My Bonnie
"Orig. a Scottish folk song, pub. under the pseud. J. T. Woods (words) and H. J. Fulmer (music). The composer's real name is Charles E. Pratt." "Pub. 1881."
NO supporting evidence given.