- Scarborough Fair – The History behind Lyrics
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Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
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Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
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Remember me to one who lives there,
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He (she) once was a true love of mine.
- Tell him (her) to make me a cambric shirt,
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- Without a seam or needle work,
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine.
- Tell him (her) to wash it in yonder dry well
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- Where water ne’er sprang, nor drop of rain fell
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine.
- Tell him (her) to dry it on yonder grey thorn
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- Which ne’er bore blossom since Adam was born
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine.
- Tell him (her) to find me an acre of land
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- Between the salt water and the sea strand
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine
- Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- Then sow some seeds from the north of the dam
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine
- Tell him (her) to reap it with a sickle of leather
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- And tie up the sheaves with a rope made of heather
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine
- If (s)he tells me (s)he can’t I’ll reply
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- “Let me know that at least you will try;”
- Then (s)he’ll be a true love of mine
- “Love imposes impossible tasks,”
- Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
- “Though never more than your own heart asks,
- And I must know you’re a true love of mine”
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Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
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Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
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Remember me to one who lives there,
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He (she) once was a true love of mine.
- Scarborough Fair – Chinese Instrumental Soothing Version
- Scarborough Fair – Celtic Lady
- Scarborough Fair – Instrumental with Beautiful English Sceneries
