Bert Jansch, "Wild Mountain Thyme"

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  • Bert Jansch does the traditional song, from his 1982 album "Heartbreak." Albert Lee on electric guitar, Jennifer Warnes on backing vocals.
    I hold no copyrights, etc. This is just a great song. Buy music by Bert or anybody.

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  • @AlbertoMons
    @AlbertoMons หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Strong and melancholy at the same time, a Great arrangement of a Great musician !

  • @nicktighe3093
    @nicktighe3093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    he and renbourne with pentangle was the first brittish folk music we got in the states. unfortunately he smoked the wrong plant and died too early. he and other smokers could still be with us. he was great. rip

    • @SirJazzMonk
      @SirJazzMonk 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As a brit saying this, he lasted until the early 2010s. Legends ne'er die. He was prolific with you music and put down the bottle, that's what could of killed him. Loved Bert Jansch

  • @123thof
    @123thof 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    That is my favorite song, hands-down, after 61 years, and this is a gloriously affirmative rendition of it.

    • @Michael-mm3fm
      @Michael-mm3fm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you listened to The Corries version (black & white images)

    • @Michael-mm3fm
      @Michael-mm3fm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love it too, what melody and chords is better than this...

  • @professionalhater9
    @professionalhater9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This song is too beautiful, I'm sitting in a parking lot- watching the sky change, and asking dumb questions nobody ever asked, and this song puts me in my place.

  • @danholliday5564
    @danholliday5564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Discovered him late. Now my favourite guitarist.

    • @tessjuel
      @tessjuel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welcome to the club! :-)
      Bert Jansch may never have become a household name for the masses but he was always highly respected, sometimes almost worshipped by other musicians. Neil Young went as far as saying Jansch was as important to the acoustic guitar as Jimi Hendix was to the electric and as somebody else has hinted at here, Jimmy Page "borrowed" as much from Jansch as he did from the old American blues masters.

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same! And add to that, Johnny Marr of The Smiths is also a big proponent of his, luckily getting to play with him a few times. Bert’s a treasure. I’m so glad that I got to hear and enjoy him while I’m still on Earth.

  • @withoutcrux
    @withoutcrux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Oh the summer time has come
    And the leaves are sweetly blooming
    And the wild mountain thyme
    Grows among the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    I will build my love a bower
    By yon clear crystal fountain
    And on it I will plant
    All the flowers of the mountain
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    If my true love won't go
    I will surely find another
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Oh the summer time has come
    And the leaves are sweetly blooming
    And the wild mountain thyme
    Grows among the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go

  • @alexbowman7582
    @alexbowman7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Whenever I have suggested to my friends going anywhere near the countryside “we’ll get a carry out” is the first words spoken indeed I remember sitting in a transit van in Asda Summerston Glasgow car park on a blazing hot Sunday morning waiting for the offy to open because my friends refused to leave for the country without booze.

    • @liamforrester2199
      @liamforrester2199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's changed? From a Stranger fae Central Scotland. Lol

    • @lisarood9509
      @lisarood9509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bet you had a great day!

    • @okantichrist
      @okantichrist ปีที่แล้ว

      What has alcoholism got to do with this song?

  • @baljones
    @baljones ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chill out dudes. We are all different. Love and peace

  • @ianjohnson1206
    @ianjohnson1206 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I heard him do this several times without any other musicians. Even better. Wish that had also been recorded.

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky man -- I never did get to see him perform. I saw Renbourn once late in his career, but never Jansch.

  • @zorbanongreco
    @zorbanongreco 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can't stop listening to this ! Perfection ! Great (live?)recording too .

  • @jsilence418
    @jsilence418 8 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Careful Bert ,Jimmy Page may be watching and this will end up on a Led Zeppelin album as " Wild River Thyme" .
    credited to Page, of course.

    • @TomasEagleMusic
      @TomasEagleMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      1 year on and no album - but that doesn't mean he doesn't have another ounce of theft in him

    • @pascaljeanne6520
      @pascaljeanne6520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol man ok , one or two pieces but page wrote many songs ...but yes bert is so good ! magic musician !

    • @peterhorsam8970
      @peterhorsam8970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha... check out On The Turning Away by Pink Floyd. Poor old Bert.

    • @CarlosdaSilveiraGooglePlus
      @CarlosdaSilveiraGooglePlus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Peter Horsam , this os a tradicional song. No RIP off.

    • @nicholasfryer8793
      @nicholasfryer8793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JP gives Bert a lot of credit in interviews and this is a cover of a traditional tune done by many others before Bert

  • @vincentlussier8264
    @vincentlussier8264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He wrote song and created music that put him in a class of his own. And Wild Mountain Thyme is one you wish didn't have an end and has an Irish drinking bar sound to it!

  • @scottmcfadyen8921
    @scottmcfadyen8921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Made a pilgrimage tae this mans resting place at Highgate. Truth be told his was the first grave i spotted couldn't believe it a total shot in the dark

    • @peterdollins3610
      @peterdollins3610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bert is in Highgate London? I'd thought he'd gone to Scotland.

    • @JohnJohnson-cn9fh
      @JohnJohnson-cn9fh ปีที่แล้ว

      rip bert.jpj

    • @pasturesplenty
      @pasturesplenty 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterdollins3610yes he’s in high gate

  • @Synycom1
    @Synycom1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Whether or not you think Burt was the greatest guitarist ever one thing is for sure he had a sound and technique on it like no other,

    • @tomokra
      @tomokra 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      for sure, no question.

  • @TheScunneredMan
    @TheScunneredMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A really great arrangement of this timeless (no pun intended) old Scottish classic.

  • @bobskins808
    @bobskins808 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The jazz feel and rich variety of off beat jangle, with equally as much catchy jingle, that Bert brings to this traditional folk song is like heaven to my ears

  • @grofys
    @grofys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    he's such an earthy, honest singer.

  • @robertjamesselbyMTV
    @robertjamesselbyMTV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bert makes any song his own .. They are made sure he at least by gods will as his go at the best of them
    ... He's an apostle .. So grateful I got to tell him in person my gratitude X God bless ya Bert

  • @JustSomeGuyOk
    @JustSomeGuyOk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This has to be my favorite version of this song / poem

  • @jipes
    @jipes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Such a wonderful voice and this particular guitar runs which are full of subtle bends. Bert Jansch is for sure one my favorite artist.

  • @DuneAquaViva
    @DuneAquaViva 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This guy was so incredible so fluid and lyrical..

  • @martinoban
    @martinoban ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is of course a song where a randy young man is trying to persuade his girl to go for a walk followed by some 'intimate contact'!
    I've heard it at funerals.....

  • @madeleinehague3247
    @madeleinehague3247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He puts such an interesting spin on this lovely song. Lots of love for Bert!

  • @julianvickery8341
    @julianvickery8341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle Bert Jansch (3 November 1943 - 5 October 2011) performing the traditional song "Wild Mountain Thyme, from his 1982 album "Heartbreak", with Jennifer Warnes on backing vocals. th-cam.com/video/Y6kQ2uxkws8/w-d-xo.html
    Lyrics
    Oh the summer time has come
    And the leaves are sweetly blooming
    And the wild mountain thyme
    Grows among the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    I will build my love a bower
    By yon clear crystal fountain
    And on it I will plant
    All the flowers of the mountain
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    If my true love won't go
    I will surely find another
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Oh the summer time has come
    And the leaves are sweetly blooming
    And the wild mountain thyme
    Grows among the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go
    Yes, we'll all go together
    To pull wild mountain thyme
    All around the blooming heather
    Will ye go, lassie, go

  • @Jackknifegyp
    @Jackknifegyp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Fusion acoustic. Scottish brogue, and lyrics, but a coutry/folk guitar arrangement.
    Neat.
    Thanx.

  • @markusalcudia
    @markusalcudia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favourite version of this beautiful tune.
    With love from Germany

  • @jacobalexandersmith619
    @jacobalexandersmith619 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bert owned everyting he cared did for.

  • @johnmorrissey397
    @johnmorrissey397 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    heard many versions of this wounderfull song and sang it many times myself but this one beats all what a loss to the world .

  • @artistrunner3327
    @artistrunner3327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Definitely the all time great! There knocking statues down Perhaps a statue in Hampstead for him

    • @zootszabo2415
      @zootszabo2415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Removing the past destines us to repeat it! Democrats support this because it's erasing their past! lol These Leftist Progressive Morons opened this can of worms that leads nowhere but more division and hate. We can't change the past we can only be accountable today for how we conduct ourselves. Where will this stop making non slave owners bowing to non slaves? Come to your senses America and bring God back and his teachings. Have Heart have Love have Forgiveness to thy neighbors of all colors religions. Keep your own back yard "clean" is all we can do and be accountable and have remorse for your mistakes.....Zoot

  • @josephkeller4275
    @josephkeller4275 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Jimmy Page says that Bert is the best guitar player he ever heard.I agree.

    • @OliverLaughton__
      @OliverLaughton__ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Oh well - if JIMMY PAGE says so ...

    • @bloodletter3400
      @bloodletter3400 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oliver Laughton Jimmy called Bert the Acoustic Jimi Hendrix and even Took Berts Black Waterside and made his own version and almost took it note from note and just retuned the guitar to a different Tuning

    • @morehmeir9906
      @morehmeir9906 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Black Waterside's melody comes from old celtic folk song, its not "Bert's"

    • @atticustay1
      @atticustay1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moreh Meir - Do you know which old Celtic song?

    • @MichaelGoldenberg
      @MichaelGoldenberg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s hyperbole of the silliest sort, with all due respect to both Page and Jansch.

  • @johngowan815
    @johngowan815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is what you call a great mountain music soundtrack and one of the best Composer doing it.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸☘️🍀😘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Graceloveandtruth
    @Graceloveandtruth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    beautiful amazing man great talent, sadly missed by all His fans

  • @Lobishomem
    @Lobishomem 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big fan of Bert since the early 70's. Another great version (instrumental) by Scott Tennant.

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Surely find no other....

  • @albertaviking
    @albertaviking 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I like it a LOT

  • @kiltedbill7594
    @kiltedbill7594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SIMPLY BRILLIANT...

  • @thomassaunter
    @thomassaunter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i like it it reminds me of spring flower fields back when i was a wee lad

    • @thomassaunter
      @thomassaunter 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      but i am still a wee lad

  • @christianmoulin9056
    @christianmoulin9056 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    jadore

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Moi aussi!

  • @TheRealFriar
    @TheRealFriar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has Pentangle behind him. beautiful version.

    • @TheOne-fu1nh
      @TheOne-fu1nh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correction: Pentangle has him behind it

    • @TheRealFriar
      @TheRealFriar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha. Either way that band was a fantastic collaboration.

    • @MrMusicguyma
      @MrMusicguyma 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice thiough this is, this does not sound like Pentangle, at all. Especially the drums. Not jazzy enough nor folky enough. Albert Lee Jennifer Warnes.

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not this time -- the only Pentangler on this track is Bert.

  • @criskatan
    @criskatan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    awesome song

  • @alexbowman7582
    @alexbowman7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You can buy thyme in Lidl for 50p.

    • @alexbowman7582
      @alexbowman7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrPennystyle01 it’s over £1 in most other supermarkets.

    • @richardmarsden1759
      @richardmarsden1759 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where in Lidl? Is it near the heather?

    • @alexbowman7582
      @alexbowman7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardmarsden1759 they don't sell Heather.

    • @richardmarsden1759
      @richardmarsden1759 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexbowman7582 I'll ask my girlfriend to help me find it

    • @keithwigley1256
      @keithwigley1256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Make sure its fresh though? Like our music today ..is it fresh

  • @Fairy-door-78-86
    @Fairy-door-78-86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant !

  • @oldbladderhorn949
    @oldbladderhorn949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i was wondering why this tune was sounding so damn great and really like a rock, a rolling down it's imaginary brea and then i noticed Bert's sideman was, but none other than the legendary Albert Lee of
    Emmylou Harris fame and others. his backing is so very subtle and clever it takes it to another level to my ear.
    not to say that Bert is not of even greater, a musician. but his is of a different flavour, British folk.
    this tune has all the hallmarks of a great country rock song in some ways, is it because of Albert.

  • @jimmaculate5
    @jimmaculate5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so good

  • @homeofomfilms
    @homeofomfilms ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice

  • @kakenetit2
    @kakenetit2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @danielschaeffer1294
    @danielschaeffer1294 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Two notes. 1) I always wondered whether the melody is related to "Shenandoah." 2) Somewhere on TH-cam somebody posted a little known version of this on electric by tne great Rory Gallagher. Very different, but equally goose fleshing.

    • @fireandwater345
      @fireandwater345 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hear Shenandoah too!

    • @zorbanongreco
      @zorbanongreco 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too

    • @MarthaT108
      @MarthaT108 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rory Gallagher with Phil Coulter did a beautiful version of this old song!
      th-cam.com/video/Zn4OfWUtu-0/w-d-xo.html

    • @Pambill54
      @Pambill54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Written as the " Braes of Balquidder " by Paisley Weaver Poet Robert Tannahill ...

  • @daverenick5830
    @daverenick5830 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great.

  • @zorbanongreco
    @zorbanongreco 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🇬🇧

  • @VintageBurst42
    @VintageBurst42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Holy crap. You just converted this Yank to Bert Jansch.

    • @oldbladderhorn949
      @oldbladderhorn949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you and Niel young

    • @caroljohnson8570
      @caroljohnson8570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      old bladder Horn - and an inspiration to Johnny Marr too

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oldbladderhorn949 Neil Young is Canadian.

    • @oldbladderhorn949
      @oldbladderhorn949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vingul yeah i know 🥱
      and so is Joni Mitchell.
      and Bert was Scottish and
      Albert is still English
      and I'm Welsh and my neighbour is also
      English, their from London.
      But being Welsh i live directly above the centre of the planet as (Earthman)
      does Canada and everywhere else
      is my guess.
      that makes Neil an Earthman
      as well as a Canadian.
      does that make us all responsible🤔

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oldbladderhorn949 lol, responsible for what?
      I was just pointing it out in case you were under the impression that Young is a "Yank".

  • @wadefite
    @wadefite ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Danny Thomson BASS

  • @forestyves8067
    @forestyves8067 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    BON SANG on dirait Alain Souchon !

  • @beverlyhayshouston2770
    @beverlyhayshouston2770 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    💜💜💜

  • @jeffreyhwilson
    @jeffreyhwilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    But how about Jennifer Warnes harmonies, though?

    • @freejulianassange3143
      @freejulianassange3143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      She's angelic wherever you find her isn't she. It's not her is it?

    • @jeffreyhwilson
      @jeffreyhwilson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freejulianassange3143 Yes, it is. I was surprised.

  • @Nigelzenig
    @Nigelzenig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love Jansch but this version has nothing on Clancy brothers

  • @Michael-mm3fm
    @Michael-mm3fm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is better, or more emotive at least, with the minor coming in earlier i.e. on ‘thyme’ not on ‘heather’/‘mountain’; the Corries and Clancy Bros nailed it. Altho Jansch is a guitar god, of course.

  • @chemelart3769
    @chemelart3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought it was the girl from Steeleye Span singing. Are you sure about Jennifer Warnes?

  • @kevinhaycelticwarrior
    @kevinhaycelticwarrior 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good decent version but check out the levelers !

  • @ow3036
    @ow3036 ปีที่แล้ว

    いいね^^

  • @danielryan3061
    @danielryan3061 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anyone got a tab for this? Can't find anything anywhere.

    • @danielryan3061
      @danielryan3061 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Alright calm down love.

    • @danielryan3061
      @danielryan3061 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool.

    • @danielryan3061
      @danielryan3061 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I already know that one.

    • @JustSomeGuyOk
      @JustSomeGuyOk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, but I can tell you right now it's not in standard tuning. I heard it's DADGAD, same with 'black waterside.' But Bert played in just about every alternate tuning. It sounds like DADGAD with a capo on the 3rd fret to me though.

    • @cortezcortez739
      @cortezcortez739 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm also looking for a tab for this song (have been looking for ages)... I figured out a simplified version for myself, which is in standard tuning. Maybe I'll do an upload on how to play this... but it's not as technical like Bert's version.

  • @madeleinehague648
    @madeleinehague648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What LP would you recommend if one was to buy their first Bert Jansch album?

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Rosemary Lane" is my personal favorite -- but be forewarned that it's pretty dark in mood.

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I also like the "bookends" of his career -- his first and last albums: "Bert Jansch" from 1965 and "The Black Swan" from 2006.

    • @madeleinehague648
      @madeleinehague648 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for that advice. Yes I think I will start with his first LP.

    • @montalbans
      @montalbans  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good choice. To tide you over until you get to "Rosemary Lane," here's a cut from it -- possibly one of his best. th-cam.com/video/_p2TvhzmxLc/w-d-xo.html

    • @madeleinehague648
      @madeleinehague648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks again. I am on a Bert Jansch journey now. In the past, it's just been a song here and there...

  • @stanleysmith2300
    @stanleysmith2300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Banner Thomas

  • @jamesfitzgerald6636
    @jamesfitzgerald6636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Byrds do a great version

  • @asmith9040
    @asmith9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guitar doesn’t even nearly go with the melody of the song. I’m Scottish too ...I know the song inside out.

  • @BoltBoltyBolt
    @BoltBoltyBolt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Byrds did it better

    • @gazparker6972
      @gazparker6972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomas I like this but I agree I love the byrds version

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not a competition, but I agree, the Byrds' version is definitely the "definitive" one for me.

    • @paulharty3081
      @paulharty3081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vingul It is based on a Robert Tannahill poem that has adapted over the centuries and become more or less traditional. Versions abound, no need to pick just one. Check out the luminous Braes of Balquidder by Skylark
      th-cam.com/video/rBAk9_RMsAc/w-d-xo.html