Andacoustix - Wild Mountain Thyme (Full Version)

Please like and subscribe if you enjoy this performance to help support the reach of the channel. We have a Spotify Playlist - https://linktr.ee/Andacoustix "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple 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 Francis McPeake (1885–1971) into "Wild Mountain Thyme" and first recorded by his family in the 1950s.[1] Tannahill's original song, first published in Robert Archibald Smith's Scottish Minstrel (1821–24), is about the hills (braes) around Balquhidder near Lochearnhead. Tannahill collected and adapted traditional songs, and "The Braes of Balquhither" may have been based on the traditional song "The Braes o' Bowhether". There is also a film of the same name starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan Covered by numerous artists including, Ed Sheeran, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, The Longest Johns, The McPeake Family, Bob Dylan, The Corries, The Byrds, James Taylor, Ronan Keating,etc. One of my favourite versions was performed on the "Transatlantic Sessions" featuring Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Rufus Wainwright.