answers: Francis McPeake
context: is sung by Anne Lorne Gillies on the album "Gaelic Women". Depopulated communities feature throughout MacKillop's work. "Coille an Fhàsaich", written from the point of view of his first wife, who was from the island of Skye, describes a deserted landscape marked by ruined houses. The poem "Tilleadh a Hirt" (Returning to St. Kilda) tells of a St. Kildan returning to a cleared island post-evacuation, and another poem, "Eilean Phabaigh" (Island of Pabbay) portrays an island where the people "went not of their own free will". Donald MacKillop Donald MacKillop (Gaelic: Dòmhnall MacPhilip) (15 January 1926 - 26 August 2015) </s> the song. The following is a chronological list of recordings of the song. Wild Mountain Thyme "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is an Irish/Scottish folk song. The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted by Belfast musician Francis McPeake into "Wild Mountain Thyme" and first recorded by his family in the 1950s. Tannahill's original song, first published in Robert Archibald Smith's "Scottish Minstrel" (1821–24), is about the hills ("braes") </s> Dougie MacLean Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic as "one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters", MacLean has performed under both his own name, and as part of multiple folk bands, since the mid 1970s. MacLean's most famous pieces include "The Gael" (1990), which became the main theme to 1992 film "The Last of the Mohicans", and "Caledonia", from his first album (1978); the latter has been called Scotland's "unofficial" national anthem. He also served as music director for TAG Theatre Company's 1993 production of "A Scots Quair", releasing
question: who wrote the song will you go lassie go