WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

 

"Wild Mountain Thyme" performed by Christoph Nolte

In her book Fragrance and Wellbeing: Plant Aromatics and Their Influence on the Psyche, author Jennifer Peace Rhind describes "Wild Mountain Thyme" as essentially a love song, with the line, "Wild Mountain Thyme grows among the Scottish heather" perhaps being an indirect reference to the old custom of young women wearing a sprig of thyme, mint or lavender to attract a suitor. Rhind also notes that, in British folklore, the thyme plant was the fairies' playground and often the herb would be left undisturbed for their use. /Wikipedia/

O the summer time has come

And the trees are sweetly bloomin'

And the wild mountain thyme

Grows around the bloomin' heather

Will ye go

Lassie

Go?

Chorus:

And we'll all go together

To pull wild mountain thyme

All around the bloomin' heather

Will ye go

Lassie

Go?

I will build my love a bower (summerhouse)

By yon cool crystal fountain

And round it I will pile

All the wild flowers o' the mountain

Will ye go

Lassie

Go?

(chorus)

I will range through the wilds

And the deep glen sae dreamy

And return wi' their spoils

Tae the bower o' my dearie

Will ye go

Lassie

Go?

(chorus)

If my true love she'll not come

Then I'll surely find another

To pull wild mountain thyme

All around the bloomin' heather

Will ye go

Lassie

Go?

(chorus)