{"id":4674,"date":"2017-08-21T07:24:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T11:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4674"},"modified":"2019-06-27T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:00:34","slug":"will-ye-go-lassie-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=4674","title":{"rendered":"Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go  (Wild Mountain Thyme)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the longest time pretty much everyone in the folk circuit was convinced that this was a song written by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Burns\">Robert Burns<\/a>.\u00a0 Fairly recently we have come to learn that while this song has some similarities with imagery written by Bobby Burns, it is in fact a song properly named &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wild_Mountain_Thyme\">Wild Mountain Thyme<\/a>&#8221; and was composed by\u00a0Francis McPeake 1st, who supposedly wrote the song himself for his wife. It was first recorded by his nephew of the same name in 1957 for the BBC. It is, in fact, a variant of the song &#8220;The Braes of Balquhither&#8221; by Scottish poet <a title=\"Robert Tannahill\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Tannahill\">Robert Tannahill<\/a> (1774\u20131810), who by the way was a contemporary of Robert Burns.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff sings this one a capella usually but Joseph typically plays the concertina to it in C.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w97uEToBzJ4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Oh, the summertime is coming <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">And the trees are sweetly blooming<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Am<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">And the wild mountain thyme<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Grows around the blooming heather<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0 F\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Will ye go lassie, go?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Chorus:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\"><em>And we&#8217;ll all go together<\/em> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Am<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"><em><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New';\">To pluck wild mountain thyme<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dm\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"><em><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New';\">All around the blooming heather<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0 F\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"><em><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New';\">Will ye go lassie, go?<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">I will build my love a bower <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Near yon pure crystal fountain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">And on it I will pile<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">All the flowers of the mountain\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">CHORUS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">If my true love she were gone <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">I would surely find another<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Where wild mountain thyme<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">Grows around the blooming heather<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11.5pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; 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