Wild Mountain Thyme

(Scottish/Irish Folk Song)

Oh, the summertime is coming,
And the trees are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather.

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

I will build my love a bower
By yon clear and crystal fountain,
And all around the bower,
I’ll pile flowers from the mountain.

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If my true love e’er should leave me,
I will surely find another
Where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather.

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Oh, the autumn-time is coming,
And the leaves are gently falling,
Where the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather.

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