Scarborough Faire

artist:Laura Wright

, writer:Traditional

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 {t:Scarborough Faire}
{artist:Laura Wright}
{key: Am}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7uxhwglKQk 
{c: Thanks to Bernard Hyde - can't find YouTube that matches though}

[Am] Are you [C] going to [G] Scarborough [Am] Faire?
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme.
Remember [C] me to one who lives [G] there.
[Am] She once [G] was a true love of [Am] mine.

[Am] Have her to [C] make me a [G] cambric [Am] shirt
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme.
Without no [C] seams, nor fine needle-[G]work.
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine.

[Am] Tell her to [C] weave it in [G] sycamore wood [Am] lane
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Gather it up in [C] a basket of [G] flowers
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] Have her wash it [C] in yonder dry [Am] well
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Where water ne'er sprung, [C] nor drop of rain [G] fell.
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] Tell her to [C] find me an [G] acre of [Am] land.
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Between the sea [C] foam and over the [G] sand.
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] Plough the land [C] with the [G] horn of a [Am] lamb.
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Then sow some [C] seeds from north of the [G] dam.
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] Tell her to [C] reap it with a [G] sickle of [Am] leather
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
And gather it [C] all in a bunch of [G] heather
[Am] Then she’ll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] If she tells me [C] she can't, [G] then I'll [Am] reply.
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Let me know, [C] that at least she will [G] try.
[Am] Then she'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

[Am] Love imposes [C] imposs-[G]ible [Am] tasks 
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Though not more [C] than any heart can [G] ask
[Am] And I must know [G] she's true a love of [Am] mine 

[Am] When thou has [C] finished thy [Am] task.
[C] Parsley, [Am] sage, [C] rose-[D]mary and [Am] thyme
Come to me [C] my hand for to [G] ask.
[Am] For then you'll [G] be a true love of [Am] mine

Song Info

Title: Scarborough Faire

Artist: Laura Wright

Writer: Traditional

Song Types: Folk

Key: Am

Info: "Scarborough Fair"  is a traditional English ballad. The song lists a number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and Northumbria, where it was sung to various melodies, often using Dorian mode, with refrains resembling "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" and "Then she'll be a true love of mine."It appears in Traditional Tunes by Frank Kidson published in 1891, who claims to have collected it from Whitby.

The famous melody was collected from Mark Anderson (1874�"1953), a retired lead miner from Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England, by Ewan MacColl in 1947. This version was recorded by a number of musicians in the 20th century, including the most iconic version by the 1960s folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, who learned it from Martin Carthy. However, a slightly different version (referred to as "The Cambric Shirt", or "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme") was recorded by John Lomax several years earlier in 1939, in the United States.

The lyrics of "Scarborough Fair" appear to have something in common with a Scottish ballad titled "The Elfin Knight", collected by Francis James Child which has been traced as far back as 1670. In this ballad, an elf threatens to abduct a young woman to be his lover unless she can perform an impossible task ("For thou must shape a sark to me / Without any cut or heme, quoth he"); she responds with a list of tasks that he must first perform ("I have an aiker of good ley-land / Which lyeth low by yon sea-strand").

Dozens of versions existed by the end of the 18th century. A number of older versions refer to locations other than Scarborough Fair, including Wittingham Fair, Cape Ann, "twixt Berwik and Lyne", etc. Many versions do not mention a place name and are often generically titled ("The Lovers' Tasks", "My Father Gave Me an Acre of Land", etc.).

The references to the traditional English fair "Scarborough Fair", and the refrain "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme", date to 19th-century versions, and may have been borrowed from the ballad Riddles Wisely Expounded, which has a similar plot

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Scarborough Faire

artist:Laura Wright

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