the song bunch of thyme we know has got a history that says that the words are being picked on other folk songs like the wild mountainn hyime and others. the song was not written untill the mid 1960s when muriel springer sung it in a university that cristy moore sung at two. more became well remembered for collecting pre existing folk songs often having unclear historys and often introduced to them wth new words. in this case he met up with mick foster and tony allen to start a music career and this is what happened. tony replid that he remembered the tune was careless love and that tells the whole story and no more complaines from joe.