THE BRAES O' BALQUHIDDER
A traditional Scottish song that was adapted into "Wild Mountain Thyme (Will Ye Go, Lassie)"
Based on a poem by Robert Tannahill (1774-1810).
This version is as performed by the Tannahill Weavers
[Intro]
C Em Am G C Em Am Fadd9
[Chorus]
C Em
Let us go, lassie, go
Am G
Tae the braes o' Balquhidder
C Em
Whar the blueberries grow
F G
'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather
C Em
Whar the deer and the rae
Am G
Lichtly bounding thegither
C Em
Sport the lang summer day
F G
On the braes o' Balquhidder
[Verse 1]
C Em
I will twin thee a bow'r
Am G
By the clear silver fountain
C Em
And I'll cover it o'er
F G
Wi' the flooers o' the mountain
C Em
I will range through the wilds
Am G
And the deep glens sae dreary
C Em
And return wi' their spoils
F G
Tae the bow'r o' my dearie
[Chorus]
C Em
Let us go, lassie, go
Am G
Tae the braes o' Balquhidder
C Em
Whar the blueberries grow
F G
'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather
[Interlude]
C F G C F G
[Verse 2]
C Em
When the rude wintry win'
Am G
Idly raves roun' oor dwellin'
C Em
And the roar o' the linn
F G
On the nicht breeze is swellin'
C Em
So merrily we'll sing
Am G
As the storm rattles o'er us
C Em
Till the dear shielin' ring
F G
Wi' the licht liltin' chorus
[Chorus]
C Em
Let us go, lassie, go
Am G
Tae the braes o' Balquhidder
C Em
Whar the blueberries grow
F G
'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather
[Verse 3]
C Em
Noo the summer's in prime
Am G
Wi' the flooers richly bloomin'
C Em
Wi' the wild mountain thyme
F G
A' the moorlan's perfumin'
C Em
Tae oor dear native scenes
Am G
Let us journey thegither
C Em
Whar glad innocence reigns
F G
'Mang the braes o' Balquhidder
[Chorus]
C Em
Let us go, lassie, go
Am G
Tae the braes o' Balquhidder
C Em
Whar the blueberries grow
F G
'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather
C Em
Whar the deer and the rae
Am G
Lichtly bounding thegither
C Em
Sport the lang summer day
F G
On the braes o' Balquhidder