Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as “Purple Heather” and “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go”)
~ Song
Annotation
Francis McPeake's contributions to this work are debated. However, he did copyright it in 1957, though doubt was cast on that claim in the early 1990s.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Robert Tannahill |
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| writer: | Francis McPeake (in 1957) |
| additional composer: | John Hamilton (songwriter in the late 1700's) (in 1796) |
| composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-chieftains-wild-mountain-thyme-lyrics [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q877453 [info] |
| version of: | The Braes o' Balquhidder (1829 Tannahill version) |
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| part of: | Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend (order: 2) |
| arrangements: | Purple Heather (Van Morrison arrangement) |