Wild Mountain Thyme

If you ask your girl
To pick thyme, and she says no
Just ask another.

"Wild Mountain Thyme" is a song by Francis McPeake of Belfast, and is a variant on an old Scottish song, so Wikipedia says, called "The Braes of Balquhither." Bob Dylan and the Band performed it at the Isle of Wight festival in 1969, and it appears on the 10th volume of the Bootleg Series, "Another Self Portrait."

Oh the summertime is a-coming
And the leaves are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Blooms around the purple heather.
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?
If my true love she won't go,
You know, I'll surely find another
To pull wild mountain thyme
From all around the purple heather.
Will you go, lassie, go?
I will build my love a tower
At the foot of the fountain
And then on it I will put
All the flowers of the mountain
Will you go, lassie, go?
Oh, the springtime is a-coming
and the wee birds are sweetly singing
And the wild mountain thyme
blooms around the purple heather
will you go, lassie, go?