Wild Mountain Thyme
Blake Lyrics

Oh, the summer time is coming,
The approaching summer season clears up the sky, revealing the trees that are flowering, and the wild mountain thyme that exists next to the heather patches.

And the trees are sweetly blooming,
The trees blossom with delightful scents and colorful flowers as spring transforms into summer.

And the wild mountain thyme
A plant that usually grows on high altitudes, characterized by its soft, pale-purple flowers and mint-like scent.

Grows around the purple heather.
The Wild Mountain Thyme plant typically grows besides the usually purple colored heather plants found in the mountains.

Will you go, lassie, will you go?
Asking a woman if she would like to accompany him to the mountains to pick wild thyme and heather.

And we'll all go together
A plan to go as a group, possibly consisting of couples, friends, or family to the mountains to pluck thyme and heather.

To pull wild mountain thyme
To pick the plants of wild thyme from the mountain which grow mainly on the hillsides of Scotland and Ireland.

All around the purple heather,
To collect the thyme plant that grows next to the heather bushes that give the hilly landscape a lovely purple hue.

I will build my love a bower
I will create a shaded and secluded spot decorated with flowers, where my beloved will feel comfortable and cherished.

By yon clear and crystal fountain,
The garden for the bower will be close to a clear source of water which will be pleasing to your eyes and ears.

And all around the bower,
Decorations will be placed all around the edges of the bower, where they will be visible and pleasing to our senses.

I'll pile flowers from the mountain.
To gather a stack of exquisite plants from the mountains to decorate the bower.

If my true love, she won't have me,
In the case that my love is not happy with me, and does not accept me for who I am.

I will surely find another
I will indeed pursue another person if my true love dedicates herself to someone else.

To pull wild mountain thyme
To go with someone else to the hills and pluck wild thyme.

All around the blooming heather.
To collect wild thyme, which typically grows alongside blossoming heather bushes.

And we'll all go together
A plan to once again travel to the mountains, but this time with a fresh batch of company, to harvest more wild thyme and blooming heather.

To pull wild mountain thyme
To pick more thyme that grows on the mountainsides and hills of Scotland and Ireland.

All around the purple heather,
To collect more thyme next to the heather bushes that bring a magnificent purple color to the Scottish and Irish countryside.

Will you go, lassie, go?
Asking someone if they would like to accompany you to the mountains again to collect more wild thyme and purple heather.

Will you go, lassie, go?
Asking someone if they would like to accompany you to the hills one more time to gather more collections of thyme and blooming heather.

Will you go, lassie, go?
Asking someone if they would like to travel with you one last time to the mountains to enjoy the sights and the smell of the thyme plants and purple heather.