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Thread #167177   Message #4111929
Posted By: RunrigFan
30-Jun-21 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wild Mountain Thyme/Braes o' Balquhidder
Subject: RE: Origins: Wild Mountain Thyme/Braes o' Balquhidder
LET us go Lassie go,
To the braes o’ Balquhither
Where the blae-berries grow,
Mang the bonnie highland heather,
Where the deer and the Rae
Lightly bounding together.
Sport the lang summer day,
Upon the braes o’ Balquhither

Will ye go lassie go
To the braes o’ Balquhither
Where the blae-berries grow,
Mang the bonnie blooming heather,

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I will twine thee a bow'r
By the clear silver fountain.
And I'll cover it o’er
Wi’ the flow’rs o’ the mountain,
I will range thro’ the wilds,
And the steep glens sae dreary
And return wi’ their spoils,
To the Bow’r o’ my dearie.

Will ye go lassie go
To the braes o’ Balquhither
Where the blae-berries grow,
Mang the bonnie blooming heather,


3 When the rude wintry wind'
Idly raves 'roun' oor dwellin'
And the roar o' the linn
On the nicht breeze is swellin'
Sae merrily we'll sing
As the storm rattles o'er us
'Til the dear shielin' ring
Wi' the licht liltin' chorus

Will ye go lassie go
To the braes o’ Balquhither
Where the blae-berries grow,
Mang the bonnie blooming heather

From the singing from Kenneth McKellar from the album McKellar Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVs_NEOGU4E