Oh, the summer time is come,
And the trees are sweetly blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
grows around the purple heather.
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Will you go, lassie, go?
And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather,
Will you go lassie, go?
I will build my love a bower
By yon crystal fountain,
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain.
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If my true love will not go,
I will surely find another
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the purple heather.
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I will build my love a shelter
by yon mountain green,
and by love will be the fairest
That the summer sun has seen.
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