Will You Go Lassie Go/Wild Mountain Thyme Lyrics And Chords. Written By Francis/William
Mc Peake, Made famous by The Clancys And Tommy Makem. This song was written and copyrighted in the 1950s and is one of the
most recorded songs ever. Here are a few of the most well known singers to have recorded it - The Clancy Brothers And Tommy
Makem, The McPeak Family, Joan Baez With Bob Dylan, The Strawbs [B.Side Part Of The Union] Van Morrison, Rod Stewart who called
it Purple Heather reached No. 16 in the charts, Mark Knopfler, Mary Ann Faithful. Derek Ryan has recently recorded it on his
album Simple Things which was released August 2014.
Oh[G] the summer[Am] time is com[G]ing, and the[C] tree's are sweetly[G] blooming,
And the[C] wild mountain[Em]
thyme, grows[C] around the[Am] blooming[C] heather,
Will you[G] go[C] lassie[G] go, and we'll[C] all go to[G]gether,
To
pluck[C] wild mountain[Em] thyme, all a[C]round the [Am]blooming[C] heather,
Will you[G] go[C] lassie[G] go.
[2]
I
will build my love a tower, by yon crystal fountain,
And on it I will pile, all the wild flowers of the mountain,
Will
you go ,,,,,,
[3]
If my true love she were gone, I would surely find another,
Where wild mountain thyme, grows around
the blooming heather,
Will you go,,,,,
This version fits The Clancy Brothers chord structure
Oh
the [D]summer[G]time is [D]coming
And
the [G]tree's are sweetly [D]blooming,
And
the[ G]wild [D]mountain [Bm]thyme,
Grows[G]
around the [Em]blooming [G]heather
Will
you[ D]go [G]lassie [D]go
Chorus
And we'll [G]all go to[D]gether,
To pluck [G]wild [D]mountain [Bm]thyme,
All a[G]round the [Em]blooming [G]heather,
Will you [D]go [G]lassie [D]go.
I
will [D]build my [G]love a [D]tower,
By
yon [G]pure crystal [D]fountain,
And [G]on
it [D]I will [Bm]pile,
All
the [G] flowers [Em]on the [G]mountain,
Will
you[D] go[G] lassie[D] go
Chorus
If
my [D]true love [G]she were [D]gone,
I
would [G]surely find an[D]other,
Where [G]wild [D]mountain [Bm]thyme,
Grows
a[G]round the [Em]blooming [G]heather,
Will
you[D] go[G] lassie[D] go
Chorus
Repeat 1st verse + Chorus
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