Wild Mountain Thyme

from In The Old Style by Ginger Ackley

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“Wild Mountain Thyme” is also known as “Purple Heather” and “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go” and is apparently a contemporary rewriting of an older song. Yes, there is a story there! In 1957, Francis McPeake of Belfast, Northern Ireland published his verses, which are a variant of an 1821 (posthumous) publication by Robert Tannahill of Scotland and a contemporary of Robert Burns. In the early 1990's, the McPeake tried to take Rod Stewart to court to sue for royalties. However, the judge denied their claim and even asserted that Francis McPeake plagiarized the words from Tannahill's version! Regardless, it remains one of the most recognized and most sung pieces in Celtic music!

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Oh, the summer time is comin' and the trees are sweetly bloomin'
And the wild mountain thyme grows around the bloomin' heather

Chorus: Will you go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme all around the bloomin' heather
Will you 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 Chorus

If my true love e'er should leave me, I will surely find another
Where the wild mountain thyme grows around the bloomin' heather Chorus

Oh, the autumn time is coming and the leaves are gently fallin'
Where the wild mountain thyme grows around the bloomin' heather. Chorus

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from In The Old Style, released March 1, 2012
Guitar: Joe Rollin Porter

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Ginger Ackley Cleveland, Ohio

Starting out in Texas, Ginger made it to Ohio as quickly as she could! Her music is full of magic and stories, seasoned with a love of folk and Celtic music. Her penny whistles often accompany her, too!

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