Wild Mountain Thyme
Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as “Will You Go Lassie, Go”) is an Irish folk song, written by William McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland and first recorded by McPeake in 1957. Wild Mountain Thyme has been recorded by the Clancy Brothers, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Ronan Keating and The Cheiftains.
Oh, the summer time is coming,
And the trees are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme,
Blooms around the bloomin’ heather.
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Will you go, lassie, go?
And we’ll all go together,
To pull wild mountain thyme,
All around the bloomin’ heather,
Will you go, lassie, go?
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I will build my love a bower,
By yon clear and crystal fountain,
And on it I will pile,
All the flowers of the mountain.
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If my true love, she won’t go,
I will surely find another,
To pull mountain thyme,
All around the bloomin’ heather.
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