Is this song Scottish or Irish?

1. Oh the Summer time is coming

And the trees are sweetly blooming

And the wild mountain thyme

All around the blooming heather

Will ye go lassie go........

And we'll al lgo together

To pull wild mountain thyme

From around the blooming heather

Will ye go lassie go

.

2. I will build my love a bower

Near yon pure crystal fountain

And on it I will pile

All the flowers of the mountain

Will ye go lassie go............

And we'll all go together

To pull wild mountain thyme

From around the blooming heather

Will ye go lassie go

.

3. If my true love she were gone

I will surely find no other

Where wild mountain thyme

All around the blooming heather

Will ye go lassie go...........

And we'll all go together

To pull wild mountain thyme

From around the blooming heather

Will ye go lassie go

Is this song Scottish or Irish?
it's scottish.

the title says it's irish music,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcJL6wiA...



but the lyrics are scottish.



thier you go misty blue,

see you learn summit new everyday,

ye wee belter,lol
Reply:The original lyrics are scottish..from the 'tannahill weaver' himself..a contemporary of Burns and written in the true spirit of reverence for the love of a woman..the original melody is sadly lost now..but the recent Irish addition is no bad at a'!

For who owns a folksong?..you may as well covet a swallow!

Just think, a man and and his ladylove went to Balquidder Braes on a late summer's day in 1770 and he came down with this song in him..they are both gone to dust now..but the memory lives on in song!
Reply:It is scottish but sung a lot in Ireland.Usually sung by drunks 'cause it's easy to remember and everyone knows it.The Clancy Brothers made a good recording of it.
Reply:http://www.ireland-information.com/irish...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mounta...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kbr6tUhD...
Reply:well all i know is the silencers sing it and the song was used in the Scottish tourist board TV ad. so i guess it's Scottish , nice tune aswell , it was on pure moods cd.
Reply:Frankie McPeake wrote the song in 1947.



The McPeake Family were a clan of folksingers from Northern Ireland.



http://www.richardandmimi.com/troubadour...
Reply:I'm Scottish so i've only ever thought of it as Scottish - i really don't know, but what i do know is Judy Collins sings the most beautiful version on you-tube. Well worth a listen : )
Reply:Mea culpa,not Scottish at all.It's an Ulster song by an Ulster man named McPeake.Written for his wife.
Reply:The Wild Mountain Thyme

I remember my parents had a record with Sir Harry Lauder singing that song.

from what i remember I would say its a Scottish song
Reply:"Wild Mountain Thyme" is a traditional Scottish folk song.
Reply:Never been to Ireland, but sure saw lots of heather in Scotland. It was 10 times prettier than anything I had ever imagined.
Reply:Scottish as are most of the songs that send shivers down your spine because they are wonderful. Now when I hear the bagpipes whoaaaaa bring them on.
Reply:It's more Scottish than that awful Maynards commercial they're re-showing on TV...
Reply:It's Irish--by Mcpeake Family.
Reply:'Lassie' sounds more Scottish; and there's not much heather in Ireland.
Reply:Irish lassie
Reply:Scottish
Reply:It's definitely a Gaelic style! I have a feeling it's Scottish.
Reply:Sounds sorta Celtic.



The lyrics make me cringe, though.



The world ain't a pretty place.
Reply:its gotta be scottish wentioning heather and lassie?
Reply:I don't know about the music. But the lyrics are by the Scottish poet Robert Tannahill. :-)
Reply:Shorin it musta be Scottish cause it as the woorrd lassie en it. I'd bot my plad shawl on it if I ad won.
Reply:Always thought that it was Scottish.
Reply:I am not a gambler Suzie - but if I had to bet on the answer I would say Scottish! Hugs CJ
Reply:I think it is Scottish with the Heather and Lassie's
Reply:scottish
Reply:Not sure but me thinks Scottish