Written by Jimmy McPeake
As performed by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez during the Rolling Thunder
Revues (1975-6)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Intro and basic strumming pattern:
C Csus4 C > > > > : . . . |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| repeat |-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-----------------|
C Oh the summertime is coming F C And the leaves are sweetly blooming F C And the wild mountain thyme Dm F Blooms around the purple heather. C F C Will you go, lassie, go. If my true love she won't go, I will surely find another To pull wild mountain thyme From all around the purple heather. Will you go, lassie, go.
F C And we'll all go together F C To pull wild mountain thyme Dm F From all around the purple heather. C F C Will you go, lassie, go.
I will build my love a tower *) At the foot of yonder mountain *) And then on it I will put All the flowers of the mountain Will you go, lassie, go.
And we'll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme From all around the purple heather. Will you go, lassie, go.
*) Several other versions have “bower” and “fountain” here, but this seems to be what they sing.