Wild Mountain Thyme
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1Wild Mountain Thyme for ukulele
C Level 15
Key:
(Em chord)
(Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?)
rd
The Corries version (capo 3
fret for their key= Eb)
C
F
C
F
C
*
V.1: O the summer time has come, And the trees are sweetly bloomin'
F
Em
Am
Dm
F
And the wild mountain thyme Grows a-round the bloomin' heather
C
F
C
Will ye go, lassie, go?
Chorus:
F G
C
And we'll all go to-gether
F
Em
Am
^
(
)
*Starting note:
C
To pull wild mountain thyme
Dm
F
All a-round the bloomin' heather
C
F
C
Will ye go, lassie, go?
(C)
F
C
F
C
V.2: I will build my love a bower, By yon cool crystal fountain
F
Em
Am
Dm
F
And round it I will pile All the wild flowers o' the mountain
C
F
C
Will ye go, lassie, go?
(C)
F
C
F
C
V.3: I will range through the wilds, And the deep glen sae dreary
F
Em
Am
Dm
F
And re-turn wi' their spoils To the bower o' my dearie
C
F
C
Will ye go lassie go?
4/4
Timing-
:
Chorus……
ONE 2 3 4, ONE 2 3 4, ...
e.g. pluck strings in
(C)
F
C
‘upwards ripple pattern’:
V.4: If my true love she'll not come
B 3 2 1, B 3 2 1, …
F
C
Then I'll surely find a-nother
(B= bass string – heavier line
F
Em
Am
in chord diagram)
To pull wild mountain thyme
Note: When playing more than
Dm
F
one bar (pattern) in the same
All a-round the bloomin' heather
chord, you can alternate the B
C F
C
th
string and 4
string, i.e.:
Will ye go lassie go?
B 3 2 1, 4 3 2 1, etc
Chorus……; repeat Chorus…….
Several recordings of this song are on YouTube; this is based on the Corries version-
see
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