Uploaded April 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

The song is a variant of The Braes of Balquhidder by Robert Tannahill
1774-1810

Noo the simmer's in prime
Wi' the flooers richly bloomin'
Wi' the wild mountain thyme
A' the moorlan's perfumin'


Oh the Summer time is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the purple heather

Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

I will build my love a bower
Near yon pure crystal fountain
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain

If my true love she'll not come
Then Ill surely find no other
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather