“Wild Mountain Thyme (Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?)”

“Wild Mountain Thyme, a traditional, if crass, 17th c. free love song, emerged on the '60s folk scene, made popular by Joan Baez and Judy Collins. I was irritated when they changed the words but that's the nature of folk songs, to continually grow and adapt to the times. Neil's version evokes an earlier time, of real lonesome cowboys around the campfire kissing nothing more than the lips of their harmonicas. Gabriel Duffin's mandolin back up is a sweet addition.”