"Wild Mountain Thyme" (Irish folk song)

This is one of those songs you feel like everybody ought to know. That’s the main reason I’m posting it. I hope others will like it enough to sing it themselves whether live or in the studio. There are several recorded versions of this song, all with slightly different lyrics. This is my own interpretation. I view as somewhat of a hymn with God calling to mankind, "Come and dine."
 
I only have an old Echo MIA stereo sound card and I didn’t want to use headphones because I can’t sing on key very well with them on for some reason. I also wanted to play and sing at the same time and not have to worry about the balance between guitar and vocal, so what I did was to run the cheesy Fishman Sonitone pickup from my acoustic guitar into a Boss AD-5 unit and then panned it to one side of the mixer channel while running the vocal mic to the other side of another channel. A little of the guitar leaked into the vocal mic of course, but not that much. I then took the stereo track into Adobe Audition where I separated each side into its own track. Then I ran the guitar track out to Bandlab where I added a free VST effect called Bodilizer that helps recorded acoustic guitar pickup tracks sound a bit more like a mic, and then brought it back into Audition. My old version of Audition doesn’t handle VST plugins, and I go back and forth between it on Bandlab, but I do most things in Audition because I’m used to it. (I used Cakewalk Guitar Tracks years ago and wish they’d bring it back!) This worked pretty well for me. No more headphones while singing and playing!
 
Wild Mountain Thyme
Words and music by Francis McPeake (adapted from earlier poems)
 
Well summertime is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows on the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?
 
Chorus:
And we’ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?
 
I will twine my love a bower
Near yon crystal fountain
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain
Will ye go, lassie, go?
 
Chorus
 
If my true love, she won’t come
I will surely find another
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go, lassie, go?
 
Chorus

WELL DONE MATE!!!! I love this song and it's weird 'cause, of late I have been mastering some stuff for a mate of mine who's into Irish folk! and this is one of the songs she doing!
 
Your vocal works very well at this key and sounds relaxed with a 'laid back' feel that I think suits the song (wish you had given this one for me to work on, cause there's very little to do with the vocal LOL )
 
Are you gonna do this live ?
 
All the best with this work
 
Steve

Although I'm a rocker I like the song. Your voice sounds warm and pleasant.

Wayfarer
Thanks for the feedback fellers. One of my favorite all-time songs, there.
 
Steve,
 
Yes, I definitely want to sing this one live. Tell your friend I think the Kilkennys have the prettiest version, but Bert Jansch has the most interesting. If she hasn't already recorded it yet, she should really check out Jansch's rendition for inspiration. He has this way of blending an Irish jig with country blues that's not like anything I've ever heard, and of course he's a great guitarist as well. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kQ2uxkws8
 
Bill

Thanks for the heads up Bill, much appreciated ... Stay well (Love Bert Jansch redish, gives me a chance to do some vocal with her if she agrees ) For the record still like your rendish ...
 
Steve

Nicely done Bill, nice take on a traditional song, worth a

Nice job Bill.
 
This has been a favourite of mine from a very young age. Like a lot of these traditional songs, there's a debate as to whether it's a Scottish or Irish tune, but the fact is it's sung by both communities.
 
Pink Floyd's "On the Turning Away" always reminds me of this song. The similarities are striking.

Thanks Mark.
 
Bap, I've just listened again very intently and can't hear anything wrong with the guitar myself. Thanks though.
 
Bill

An excellent mix - I really enjoyed the sound of the acoustic.  I thought your voice fit the song well.

I cried
 
such a heartfelt song
 
I like the way you go into your workflow too
 
I agree with the Bit, work with what you have, hit record and go
 
nice

Beautiful song Bill.  It has the melancholy of the Old English/Celtic songs.  Great work on both the vocals and guitar!!!

Lovely version of this song.
 
Irish folk is close to my heart; this and the eagles are probably most responsible for my style of music.
 
Nice vocal performance - thanks for sharing.
 
Good Job!
 
paul