"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.
Tannahill's original song, first published in Rober...(+)
"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.
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".
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mountain_Thyme).
Although originally created for traditional Irish
instruments, I created this Interpretation of the Irish
folk song "Wild Mountain Thyme" for Flute, Oboe &
Celtic or Concert (Pedal) Harp.