Wild Mountain Thyme

Here's a Scottish folk song about flowers and a lassie. Sorry about the crackling and generally questionable audio quality --- it was all done with the webcam.

Lyrics:

Oh, the summer time has come
And the trees are sweetly blooming
The wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather

*
Will ye go, lassie, go?
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower
By yon pure crystal fountain
And around it I will place
All the flowers of the mountain

(*)

I will range through the wilds
And the deep glen sae dreamy
And return with our spoils
To the bower, oh, my dearie

If my true love e'er should leave
I will surely find another
To pull wild mountain thyme
Growing 'round the blooming heather

(*)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• wild
• mountain
• thyme
• scottish
• folk
• acoustic
• guitar
• world
• music

[oldwhtman]

You sang that beautifully. The guitar and your voice merged together just right. My taste exactly. Happy holidays to you.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@oldwhtman

Thank you. And likewise (belatedly).

[fingerpickinfan]

Loved this arrangement !

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@fingerpickinfan

Thank you. :)

[NirvanaXDarkness]

wow...We used to sing this in school. It pulls back a lot of memories...your version is beautiful. thank you so much for that.. :')

[Sean2Ireland]

This is a very mellow and delightful version, quite lovely. Good job! You sound wonderful! Makes me want to return to my own wild mountain

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@scrapman999

Thanks. :)

[scrapman999]

@LibertyIsNotGiven your lyrics right, we will be playing your video at our burn's nights supper tonight, good on yer.

[erickamano]

wonderful

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@AntarcticDreamer

Kind of you. Thanks.

[AntarcticDreamer]

I've never heard that third verse. I love it when I come across new verses to songs I know :) And this is a really nice version. You've got a nice touch on the guitar, too.

[epatha44]

Very talented ! And lovely song too !