francis mcpeake wrote the song will you go lassie go.
francis mcpeake wrote the song will you go lassie go.
who wrote the song will you go lassie go?
francis mcpeake
a pair of brown eyes









































"a pair of brown eyes" is a single by the pogues, released on 18 march 1985. the single was their first to make the uk top 100, peaking at number 72. it featured on the band's second album, "rum sodomy & the lash", and was composed by pogues front man shane macgowan. its melody is loosely based on that of “wild mountain thyme" (also known as "will ye go lassie go"), a song by francis mcpeake in a traditional irish folk style.
a pair of brown eyes
mcalpine began her career at the "greenock telegraph" in 1987. she went on to work for "the scotsman" and "the sunday times", where she won the scottish journalist of the year award in 1999. in 2000 she was appointed editor of "the sunday times scotland" and the following year became deputy editor of "the herald"; the first woman to hold the herald post, although not the first scottish female newspaper editor.









































she also wrote a weekly column for "the scotsman". her blog, "go lassie go", was voted scotland's top media blog in 2010.
joan mcalpine