Wild Mountain Thyme
Traditional

      G                        C         G
     Oh, the summertime is comin',
                     C                         G
     And the trees are sweetly blooming,
                   C    Am            Em
     And the wild mountain thyme
                      G            C
     Grows around the blooming heather

     Chorus:
 
                 G    C        G
     Will ye go, lassie, go?
                     C          G                       C    Am           Em
     And we'll all go together to pluck wild mountain thyme
                G            C
     All around the blooming heather.
                 G     C       G
     Will ye go, lassie, go?

               G           C         G
     I will build my love a bower
                    C                G
     By yon pure crystal fountain
                    C   Am      Em
     And around it I will place
                   G                   C
     All the flowers of the mountain.      Chorus...

                G           C                G
     If my true love e'er should leave me
                   C                 G
     I would surely find another
                        C    Am          Em
     Where the wild mountain thyme
                       G          C
     Grows around the blooming heather.     Chorus...

                   G           C        G
     Oh, the autumn-time is comin',
                      C                       G
     And the leaves are gently falling,
                         C    Am           Em
     Where the wild mountain thyme
                      G            C
     Grows around the blooming heather      Chorus...
 

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