Monday, February 3, 2014

Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain Thyme is a beautiful, Scottish folk song with origins tracing all the way back to 1821. One way to listen this song is to imagine it as a theatrical play and the melody being spoken by the main character.  As you listen, what is your perception of the character? What mood, sentiment, meaning do you hear?  Some of us prefer hearing vocal music and don't listen to as much instrumental music. But to me I like instrumental music for what you can imagine in your mind of it.
Knowing the lyrics say:

"Oh, the summer time is coming,
And the trees are blooming,
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather.
Will you go, lassie, will you go?

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

Gives you a clue about the feeling of sentimentality and longing.  You can maybe see in your minds' eye the blooming heather on the mountainside. You can feel the warmth of the summertime coming.
These are the things I think about and attempt to convey through the voice of my guitar.

I know we're all longing for summer time to come.. the wait makes it so much sweeter.
With this in mind, here is a rendition of me playing  Wild Mountain Thyme.

Do you remember it now? Pretty, isn't it?







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