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Francis McPeake, folk, roots - Wild Mountain Thyme

from A Carousel for Fools by The Mather Robinson Band

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As far as we know neither of us have any Scots ancestry but Northern Irishman Francis McPeake did and he produced one of the great folk songs of all time by adapting the much earlier ‘Braes of Balquhither’ by Robert Tannahill and we just love it. No back-story, so we won’t invent one ... and please forgive us for throwing the kitchen sink at this one!

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Oh, the summertime is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will you go, Lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower
By yon pure and crystal water
And on it I will lay
All the flowers of the mountain
Will you go, Lassie, go?

And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will you go, Lassie, go?

If my true love won't come with me
I will surely find another
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will you go, Lassie, go?

And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go, Lassie go?

And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go, Lassie go?

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from A Carousel for Fools, released June 21, 2015
Written by Francis McPeake

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The Mather Robinson Band Salford, UK

Dave Mather and Pete Robinson grew up together in the north of England in the nineteen sixties and have been writing and performing music individually and as a team ever since. From Opera to rock to pop and now back to their roots in folk music. Mather & Robinson entertain audiences in the north west of England but if you ask them - they will hummmm. ... more

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