Father a young teacher

In this photo before I was born, Father was seated,(2nd on the right)  therefore he was already a senior teacher.

Father was a very young teacher, It was after the war, some of his students were older than him. At one stage, he taught 4 schools simultaneously. The main school was Methodist school, my alma mata. He also taught Sacred herat, Chung Hua and Tung Hua. He even taught in the evenings. 

After he returned from England, he was a lecturer at STTC, the Sarawak Teachers' Training College. He often took them out on 

short trips, and my Dad sang Red River Valley, and my Bonnie 

lies over the ocean. I recall him taking his STTC students 


and  us tagging along in a slow motor launch. He got them 

out of boredom by getting them to sing these two songs.


http://youtu.be/gGNJ8GTr3IU

http://youtu.be/Io9MPyXE2K0

"Bonnie" is a Scots term for attractive. It's a girl's name in 

English, but in Scots it can refer to either an attractive boy 

or girl (ie bonnie lad, or bonnie lass). It probably comes 

from "baine" which is Gaelic for "milk." It'd refer to fair skin.

Lyrics to My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean :

My Bonnie lies over the ocean, my Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean, O bring back my Bonnie to me.

Chorus:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me.

Last night as I lay on my pillow, Last night as I lay on my bed,
Last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead.

Repeat chorus

The heater is blooming around me,
The blossoms is spring now appear
The meadows with gree’ry surround me
Oh, Bonnie I wish you were here

Repeat chorus

The winds have blown over the ocean
The winds have blown over the sea
The winds have blown over the ocean
And brought back my Bonnie to

Repeat chorus…3

Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me. Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me. Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me.

(Merci à Marc CURRAT pour cettes paroles)

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