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{{Infobox song

| name = My Bonnie

| image = My Bonnie by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles UK vinyl side A.png

| caption = Side A of the UK single

| type = single

| artist = Tony Sheridan and the Beatles or
the Beatles with Tony Sheridan

| album = My Bonnie

| B-side = The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)

| released = 23 October 1961 (Germany)
5 January 1962 (UK)
27 January 1964 (US)

| recorded = 22 June 1961

| venue = Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany

| genre = Rock and roll

| length = 2:42

| label = Polydor (Germany)

| writer = Traditional, arranged by Tony Sheridan

| producer = Bert Kaempfert

| chronology = Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers

| next_title = Sweet Georgia Brown

| next_year = 1964

| misc =

}}

"'My Bonnie'" is a song by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (credited as the Beat Brothers) which was first released in October 1961 as a single in West Germany. "The Saints" was released as the single's B-side. The song is a rock and roll rendition of the traditional Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean". The German import became popular in Liverpool and the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein secured a British release on 5 January 1962, this time credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beatles. It was also released elsewhere in 1962 but was not successful. The single was released in the United States during the Beatlemania, this time around with the Beatles credited as the lead artist, reaching the number 26 spot on the 'Billboard' charts. The song, along with "Ain't She Sweet" and "Cry for a Shadow", was placed on 'Anthology 1' in 1995. Sheridan's first version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" was also recorded with the Beatles and issued on an E.P. in 1962. This was the third and last song with the Beatles to be credited to the Beat Brothers.

When the Beatles gained fame, "My Bonnie" and all the others songs from their Hamburg sessions were released with the issue of the German compilation album 'The Beatles' First' in 1964.

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