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Wild Mountain Thyme / Will You Go Lassie Go

The lyrics to Wild Mountain Thyme, or Will You Go Lassie Go as it is known to many people, may sound old and traditional but in fact they were written in the 1950s by Belfast musician and folk singer William McPeake.

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One of the reasons the lyrics have such a traditional feel is because they were based on the words to an old Scottish song.

They are, however, sufficiently different for Wild Mountain Thyme/Will You Go Lassie Go to be considered an original work.

Wild Mountain Thyme Lyrics and Chords

 

Oh the  

D 

summer 

 

 

Em 

time is  

D 

comin’

 

And the  

G 

leaves are sweetly  

Fm 

bloomin’

 

And the  

G 

wild 

 

 

F#m 

mountain 

 

 

Bm 

thyme

 

Grows  

Em 

around the bloomin’  

G 

heather

 

Will you  

D 

go, 

 

 

G 

lassie, 

 

 

D 

go?

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Chorus

 

And we’ll  

G 

all go  

F#m 

together

 

To pull  

G 

wild mountain  

Bm 

thyme

 

All  

Em 

around the bloomin’  

G 

heather

 

Will you  

D 

go, 

 

 

G 

lassie, 

 

 

D 

go?

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I will build my love a bower

By yon pure crystal fountain

And on it I will place

All the flowers of the mountain

Will you go, lassie, go?

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Chorus

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If my true love she were gone

Then I’d surely find another

Where the wild mountain thyme

Grows around the bloomin’ heather

Will you go, lassie, go?

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Chorus

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