O the summer time has come 
And the trees are sweetly blooming 
And wild mountain thyme 
Grows around the purple heather. 
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus 
And we'll all go together, 
To pull wild mountain thyme, 
All around the purple heather. 
Will you go, lassie, go?

I will build my love a tower, 
By yon clear crystal fountain, 
And on it I will pile, 
All the flowers of the mountain. 
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus

I will range through the wilds 
And the deep land so dreary 
And return with the spoils 
To the bower o' my dearie. 
Will ye go lassie go ?

Chorus

If my true love she'll not come, 
Then I'll surely find another, 
To pull wild mountain thyme, 
All around the purple heather. 
Will you go, lassie, go?

Chorus