Description 'Wild Mountain Thyme", also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will You Go Lassie, Go", is a folk song, rewritten by Francis McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a variant of a traditional song The Braes of Balquhidder by Robert Tannahill (1774-1810), a contemporary of Robert Burns. Nina Hynes - Wild Mountain Thyme (buy mp3) ninahynes.bandcamp.com 'Wild Mountain Thyme' lyrics (Francis McPeake cover) Oh the summer time is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will ye go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, lassie, go? I will build my love a tower Near your pure crystal fountain And on it I will grow All the wild flowers of the mountain Will ye go, lassie, go? If my true love she were gone I will surely find another Where the wild mountain thyme Grows all around the blooming heather Will you go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, lassie, go? Video by Nina Hynes www.myspace.com www.myspace.com www.ninahynes.bandcamp.com
