A 1952 popular song.
Words and music by Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper, and Marion McClurg.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Drums in my heart are drummin’
I hear the bagpipes hummin’
My Bonnie Lassie’s comin’ over the sea
My heart with her she’s bringin’
I hear the blue bells ringin’
Soon we’ll be highland flingin’
My love and me
Refrain
Somewhere a ship and crew
Sails o’er the ocean blue
Bringing, oh, bringing my bonnie back to me
That’s why the drums are drummin’
That’s why the pipes are hummin’
My Bonnie Lassie’s comin’
Comin’ to me
- Sad are the lads she’s leavin’
Many a sigh they’re heavin’
Even the heather’s grievin’, cryin’ with dew
She’s left her native highland
To come and live in my land
She’ll love the folks who smile and say
“How-de-do”
Refrain
I’ll meet her at the shore
Playin’ the pipes for her
Dressed in a kilt and a tam-o’-shanter, too
Drums in my heart are drummin’
I hear the bagpipes hummin’
My Bonnie Lassie’s comin’
Comin’ to, Comin’ to me
Sung here by Vancha March: