. . "%22Wild Mountain Thyme%22 (also known as %22Purple Heather%22 and %22Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?%22) is a folk song written by Francis McPeake, a member of a well known musical family in Belfast, Ireland, and is of Scottish origin. McPeake's lyrics are a variant of the song %22The Braes of Balquhither%22 by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774\u20131810), a contemporary of Robert Burns. Tannahill's original song, first published in Robert Archibald Smith's Scottish Minstrel (1821\u201324), is about the hills (braes) around Balquhidder near Lochearnhead. Like Burns, Tannahill collected and adapted traditional songs, and %22The Braes of Balquhither%22 may have been based on the traditional song %22The Braes o' Bowhether%22." . "Irish folk songs" . . . "english" . "122.0"^^ . "0"^^ . "288000.0"^^ . "Scotland national football team songs" . "972" . . "2006-01-01"^^ . . . "Wild Mountain Thyme" . "0.201112"^^ . "fcb990ba-a5c7-4816-bded-ad321d585ffc" . "-0.219662"^^ . "false"^^ . "-16.6"^^ . . "Van Morrison songs" . "The Byrds songs" . "Wild Mountain Thyme" . . . . "false"^^ . "300491"^^ . "5714ded525ac0d8aee460f57" . "false"^^ . "USVG29652858" . "1957 songs" . "3507579" . "4"^^ .