The Tannahill Weavers - Braes O Balquhidder

      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