Wild Mountain Thyme (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by G. Baxter) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 For the summertime is comin',
 And the trees are sweetly bloomin',
 And the wild mountain thyme
 Blooms around the purple heather.
 Will you go laddie, will you go?

 If my true love will not go
 I will surely find another
 To pull wild mountain thyme,
 All around the purple heather.
 Will you go, laddie, will you go?

 I will build my love a bower
 By yon clear crystal fountain,
 And in it I will pile
 All the flowers from the mounain.
 Will you go, lassie, will you go?

 And we'll all go together,
 To pull wild mountain thyme,
 All around the purple heather.
 Will you go, laddie, will you go?

Authorship

Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Garth Baxter (1946-)

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