JUDY COLLINS & PETE SEEGER - "Wild Mountain Thyme" 1966

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Uploaded by on Oct 12, 2009

Judy Collins sings the ballad "Wild Mountain Thyme" on Pete Seeger's early 1966 TV show. The song was written by William McPeak, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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  • Beautiful!

  • as I mentioned a few months ago: this is a Scottish folk song. BUT it should not really matter as it is so beautiful. I have a New-Zealand/Scotts mum and the rest of my family is Australian!!!

  • @501galwaygirl The name McPeake is scottish in origin, but don't forget that Oliver Cromwell installed a lot of Scottish protestants to rule and impose peace in Ireland. When separation occurred, most of the people of Scots origin went to Northern Ireland - of which Belfast is the capital. So it's perfectly reasonable that some whose family has lived in Ireland should take inspiration from their Scottish roots. Just as people of Italian origins in New York should cook spaghetti.

  • Belfast is in Ireland not Scotland, so is he Irish or a Scott.?

  • It is a Scottish song.It was rewritten by McPeake in 1957.It closely follows the original and is very much a Scottish song.Don't forget that a great deal of Belfast,where McPeake is from is of Scottish descent.

  • I have always heard that it was a Scottish song, but this may be because the lyrics are very similar (and seem to be based upon) The Braes o' Balquhidder a poem by Scotland's "other national poet" Robert Tannahill. The verse Judy says is her favorite is especially close to Tannahills verse:

    I will twin thee a bow'r

    By the clear silver fountain

    And I'll cover it o'er

    Wi' the flooers o' the mountain

  • Lovely effortlessness, purity of heart. Thank you, Judy, and all those who have given and give you love to create your joy and keep your blessings flowing through our world.

  • @louisa1832 agreed

  • she was such so beautiful singer, and she is still a beautiful singer! And together with Pete Seeger - unbeatably!! Since so many years her songs and her voice are by my side. Thank you for posting it!

  • I love Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, BUT I must say that this is nothing to do with an Irish singer/song writer etc It is SCOTTISH through and through.

    BEAUTIFUL singing x

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