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Wild Mountain Thyme

"Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather", "Blooming Heather," and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song. The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted by Belfast musician…

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Genre
Scottish folk music Irish traditional music
Based on
"The Braes of Balquhither" by Robert Tannahill "The Braes o' Bowhether" (traditional)
Language
English
Other name
"Purple Heather" "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?"
Recorded
1957 (as "Wild Mountain Thyme")

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Wild Mountain Thyme

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Triples358
Avg. degree1.99
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Wild Mountain Thyme

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related to Recordings · 304
Wild Mountain Thyme → Adiós Señor Pussycat, Albert Kuvezin, Alma Gluck, Am, Amanda, And So, Angelina, Anna McGarrigle, Another Time, As, Awkward Annie, Back, Balquhidder, Barley Bree, BBC, Before This World, Belfast, Ben Folds, Bernadette, Bert Jansch
related to Lyrics · 24
Wild Mountain Thyme → And, British, Fragrance, In, Jennifer Peace Rhind, Let, McPeake, Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon, Plant Aromatics, Psyche, Quite, Rhind, Scottish, Tannahill, Tannahill's, The, Their Influence, Thymus, Titania
related to history · 23
Wild Mountain Thyme → As, Balquhither, Balquidder, BBC, Bochuiddar, Buchanan, Captain Simon Fraser's Collection, Francis McPeake, George Farquhar Graham, Highlands, In, Islands, McPeake, McPeake's, Melodies, Other, Roved Out, Scotland, Scottish, Tannahill's
related to External links · 2
Wild Mountain Thyme → Internet Archive, MP3
Based on · 1
Wild Mountain Thyme → "The Braes of Balquhither" by Robert Tannahill "The Braes o' Bowhether" (traditional)
Genre · 1
Wild Mountain Thyme → Scottish folk music Irish traditional music
Language · 1
Wild Mountain Thyme → English
Other name · 1
Wild Mountain Thyme → "Purple Heather" "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?"
Recorded · 1
Wild Mountain Thyme → 1957 (as "Wild Mountain Thyme")

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song thyme wild mountain scottish mcpeake braes go first lassie tannahill francis lyrics heather ye traditional based balquhither robert original

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Wild Mountain ThymeBased on"The Braes of Balquhither" by Robert Tannahill "The Braes o' Bowhether" (traditional)1.00infobox
Wild Mountain ThymeGenreScottish folk music Irish traditional music1.00infobox
Wild Mountain ThymeLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Wild Mountain ThymeOther name"Purple Heather" "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?"1.00infobox
Wild Mountain ThymeRecorded1957 (as "Wild Mountain Thyme")1.00infobox
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to External linksMP30.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to External linksInternet Archive0.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to historyThe0.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to historyTannahill's0.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to historyThe Braes0.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to historyBalquhither0.60section
Wild Mountain Thymerelated to historyIn0.60section

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