{"id":948,"date":"2020-06-19T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/?p=948"},"modified":"2020-06-22T22:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T22:28:44","slug":"wild-mountain-thyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/wild-mountain-thyme\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Mountain Thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today’s\u00a0Weekly Lesson<\/em>\u00a0from Mrs Rowan and Mrs Borthwick teaches us the Scottish folk song, Wild Mountain Thyme. \u00a0It is lesson 5 for P3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Fascinating Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wild Mountain Thyme is a folk song from both Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its story goes way back to the 1700\u2019s, and it has been written and re-written by many people, and inspired by many songs along the way.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The first we know of, was from Scottish poet Robert Tannahill<\/a> who adapted the words from an older song around 1796.<\/p>\n

The song is also known as \u2018Will ye go lassie go\u2019 <\/em>and is\u00a0named after a lovely plant with pink flowers which grows<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Scotland, most of Europe and North Africa. It is also called \u00a0\u2018purple\u00a0<\/span>heather\u2019 and is part of the mint family.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Warm Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We will start by preparing to sing, with our fun Voice Warm song.\u00a0Practice these a few times until\u00a0you know them well and\u00a0your voice will be ready for singing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This weeks\u00a0\u200bSong\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now lets sing this weeks song – Wild Mountain Thyme.\u00a0First, learn the song you can use the word sheet to help you.<\/p>\n

Then once you know it – you can make a shaker out of a jar and some dry rice or pasta,\u00a0and then practice playing and singing at the same time! In one of our\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0videos Mrs Borthwick shows you how to make a shaker and you can read all about it in \u00a0Scrape, Tap, \u00a0Shake and Ting<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n