Go Lassie Go

...all around the blooming heather

Oh, the summer time is coming

And the leaves are sweetly blooming

And the wild mountain thyme

Grows around the blooming heather

Will you go lassie, go?

And we'll all go together

To pluck wild mountain thyme

All around the blooming heather

Will you go lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower

Near yon clear crystal fountain

And around it I will grow

All the flowers of the mountain

If my true love she were gone

I would surely find no other

To pluck wild mountain thyme

All around the blooming heather

Brendan Hayes

Kim Sjøgren

James Blennerhassett

Brendan Hayes

James Blennerhassett

Pete Lowrey

Francie McPeake

This song, variously called “Go Lassie Go”, “Wild Mountain Thyme”, or indeed “Purple Heather”, is a folk song written by Francis McPeake, a member of a well known musical family in Belfast, Ireland and of Scottish origin.

The origins of Francie McPeake explain why this song is a popular in Scotland as it is in Ireland. Often sung with nostalgia by the Irish diaspora abroad, its easy chorus invites full audience participation often with a wonderfully emotional outcome.

This arrangement evolved over the years as the song very popular with audiences.

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