Scottish Heather
(mainly Calluna vulgaris)
 
     
     
     
     
     

The Wild Mountain Thyme
O the summer time has come
And 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
And we'll all go together,
To pull wild mountain thyme,
All around the purple heather.
Will you go, lassie, go?
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
And we'll all go together,
To pull wild mountain thyme,
All around the purple heather.
Will you go, lassie, go?
     

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

Heather near A9 
     

 Heather near A9
   Heather near Edderton

  Heather near Edderton *
     

  Heather near Struie *

 Heather near Struie

Heather near Struie 
     

Heather near A9

 Heather and rowan tree

 Near A837 (Assynt)

Late September
     
     
     
 

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When is the best time to see the heather in Scotland?
The best time is between the end of August and the beginning of September.

The Wild Mountain Thyme is a traditional song about love among the heather - and the sweetly perfumed, wild mountain thyme. Visit Rampant Scotland for over 180 traditional Scottish songs.

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